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Alexis King - “Effects for Less” @ ZuriHac 2020

Zürich Friends of Haskell · talk · Watch on YouTube

Functional programmingSoftware performance & optimization

What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2020

What HN commenters said

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

    Best talk the commenter watched that year

    gilmi, 2020-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?”

  2. “you may be interested in her recent talk on effect systems in Haskell at ZuriHac 2020”

    Alexis King's talk on effect systems in Haskell

    one-punch, 2020-11 · Recommendation · in “Names are not type safety”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: haskell, effects, performance, functional programming, alexis king

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