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A type for partial values
In simplifying my Eros implementation, I came across a use for a type that represents partial information about values. I came up with a very simple implementation, though perhaps not quite ideal. In...
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Implementing a type for partial values
In my previous post, I gave an interface for a type of partial values and invited implementations. Here’s mine, which surprised me in its simplicity. The trick is to represent Partial a as a -> a,...
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Merging partial values
Last year I stumbled across a simple representation for partial information about values, and wrote about it in two posts, A type for partial values and Implementing a type for partial values. Of...
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Lazier function definitions by merging partial values
This post continues from an idea of Ryan Ingram’s in an email thread How to make code least strict?. A pretty story Pattern matching in function definitions is very handy and has a declarative feel....
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Exact numeric integration
This post describes a simple way to integrate a function over an interval and get an exact answer. The question came out of another one, which is how to optimally render a continuous-space image onto...
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