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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)
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
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