Scalaz-Iteratee and Scalaz-Stream

Daniel Spiewak @djspiewak

Scalaz Iteratee: SO MUCH BOXING

Jorge Ortiz @JorgeO

@djspiewak More so than other iteratees? The construct is inherently box-y in Scala.

■ eiríkr @d6

@djspiewak Heavyweight boxer.

Daniel Spiewak @djspiewak

@JorgeO Scalaz’s Iteratee construct is very general. I think you can eliminate an enormous amount of boxing by being more specialized.

Daniel Spiewak @djspiewak

@JorgeO The pervasive laziness is really the problem. Thunks of thunks of thunks of thunks.

Jeff Clites @jeffstyr

@djspiewak We wouldn’t want the garbage collector to get bored, now would we?

Jorge Ortiz @JorgeO

@djspiewak Ah, thunks would make it worse, yes.

Justin Lee @evanchooly

@djspiewak can we expect an unboxing video soon?

John A De Goes @jdegoes

@djspiewak Have you looked at scalaz stream (AKA machines)? No less boxing, but more performant and more sanely composable API.