Re: [H-rts] project summary, RFC

[Derek E. <dd...@ho...>]

On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 22:25:22 +0100
Ian Lynagh <ig...@ea...> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 09:12:08AM -0400, Derek Elkins wrote:
> > On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:00:17 +0100
> > Ian Lynagh <ig...@ea...> wrote:
> > 
> > > > http://www.haskell.org/arrows/
> > > > http://www.haskell.org/yampa/
> > > > 
> > > > Specifically, it allows functions to transform their behavior
> > > > with triggers.
> > > 
> > > I've just scanned through AFPLectureNotes.pdf but it wasn't
> > > obvious to me exactly how they worked, i.e. whether they
> > > calculated how long till the first trigger or just stepped in
> > > discrete timesteps.
> > > 
> > > We also want consistent game speed on different computer speeds
> > > don't forget.
> > > 
> > > Can yampa give us what we want?
> > 
> > I wasn't really expecting to be able to steal the implementation,
> > just the interface, semantics, and ideas.  Though, if the
> > implementation can be stolen too that would be nice.
> 
> Oh, right. Do you have a suggestion as to what the best thing to read
> is? Or is AFPLectureNotes.pdf as good as any?
> 
> 
> Ian

Another one you may want to look at is "Functional Reactive Programming,
Continued"
(http://www.haskell.org/yale/papers/haskellworkshop02/index.html).

We should be able to steal parts of the implementation with little or
no effort, but the more primitive parts will almost certainly need to be
rewritten.