[Shootout-list] Sum a column of Integers (ghc)

[Brent Fulgham]

On 2004-10-02 18:52:08 -0700 Greg Buchholz 
<sleepingsquirrel@yahoo.com> wrote:

>     Here's a much faster version of the "Sum a Column of Integers"
> test for ghc.  It's not quite as concise as the original, but I
> think it is still understandable and it is about 85 times faster. 
> (BTW, does 
> the mailing list prefer file attachments or just inline
> text for program code?)

I measure 395 secs versus 6.5 secs, which is around 65 times better.  
Very nice!

I prefer file attachments because it avoids whitespace problems if I 
cut and paste
into a buffer.  Sometimes tabs/spaces can cause problems in 
whitespace-sensitive
languages like Haskell and Python.

-Brent