User:MathematicalOrchid

Status

Enthusiastic Haskell newbie.

Main Interests

• Using Haskell to write triposcopic mathematical algorithms with only a tiny amount of code.
• Using Haskell to do seriously compute-bounded work in a multiprocessor setup.

Projects

Active

• (no name) — chaos pendulum simulator (Status: moderately working, needs UI)
• Haktal — fractal generator. (Status: minimal functionality)
• HoJ — Haskell to Java compiler. (Status: skeletal)
• Evlor — Interactive Haskell step-line debugger. (Status: skeletal)
• Indoculate — Program to convert a single (custom) source to both HTML and LaTeX, and also do cross-linking. (Status: in production use)

On Hold

• Sorting algorithm benchmarks.
• Audio DSP in Haskell.
• Haskell implementation of compression algorithms.
• Haskell SDL for POV-Ray.

Failed

• Haskell ray tracer.
• Haskell type deducer.
• Haskell program to cause world peace.

Contributed Code

• Library for binary
• Library for vectors
• Library for colours
• Library for PPM images
• Toy compression implementations

Current Unsolved Questions

• Why do Haskell language extensions exist?
• How do you do graphics in Haskell?
• How come (e.g.) Smalltalk provides 27 different types of collection, but Haskell only ever involves single-linked lists and binary trees?
• Why is putStr xs1; putStr xs2 slower than putStr (xs1 ++ xs2)?