Haskell is a purely functional programming language, named after the American logician Haskell Curry. It was designed by a committee of academics who wanted a common open standard for research in functional programming, after a meeting in 1987, and the first version of the language report appeared in 1990. Its main features include lazy evaluation, a strong static type system and type classes, as well as monads, which are used to manage side effects such as input and output. The Glasgow Haskell Compiler is its most widely used implementation. Although it has been mostly used in universities and research, it has influenced many other languages and is used in finance, compilers and other industries.
Before and after
- 1990National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- 1990Rise of K-pop
- 1990Founding of Museum of Philistine Culture
- from c. 1990s to 2010sRise of third-wave feminism
- 1990Creation of Haskell
- from 1 January 1990 to 31 October 1995Premiere of Mr. Bean
- 1990Establishment of Manas National Park
- 1990Rise of riot grrrl
- 1990Founding of Shanghai Stock Exchange
More in Science & technology
- 1949Discovery of berkelium
- 1955Discovery of mendelevium
- 14 February 1961Discovery of lawrencium
- 9 November 1994Discovery of darmstadtium
- 8 December 1994Discovery of roentgenium
- 1996Discovery of copernicium
The era
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