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Alexis King - “Effects for Less” @ ZuriHac 2020

Zürich Friends of Haskell
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2 HN users recommended this talk2 months2020 score 2.5
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

HN commenters call it among the best talks of 2020 for understanding Haskell effect systems.

Alexis King's ZuriHac 2020 talk on how effect systems in Haskell can be implemented efficiently. It looks at the performance cost of effect libraries and how to reduce it.

“the best one I did watch this year was Alexis King's 'Effects for Less' (Haskell).” (HN, 2020)

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@gilmi Dec 2020 Strongly recommends
on HN thread Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?
I don't know, I haven't watched most of them! But the best one I did watch this year was Alexis King's 'Effects for Less' (Haskell). [this video]
Best talk the commenter watched that year
@one-punch Nov 2020 Recommends
on HN thread Names are not type safety
For those who may not be familiar with the Haskell ecosystem, Alexis King (lexi-lambda) writes many blogs and libraries related to Haskell. For example, you may be interested in her recent talk on effect systems in Haskell at ZuriHac 2020,[1] based on the eff library she mainly contributes to.[2] [1]: [this video] [2]: [link] > he's asking you to read the article more carefully she
Alexis King's talk on effect systems in Haskell

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@cryptonector Jun 2020 Cites it
on HN thread Linear types are merged in GHC
Note that the focus here is to make it safe to have mutable data around, not to have manual memory management. Next up I hope: - [this video] [link]
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