Haskell Optimization Handbook

by Jeffrey M. Young

This book assumes you are using ghc 9.2.x or above and using the Linux operating system. If you are new then the best place to start is the How to use this book chapter. If you are returning then feel free to jump to the Table of Contents and best wishes. It is dangerous to go alone, please take this handbook and good luck!

Sincerely,

The Contributors of the Haskell Optimization Handbook.

Sponsors

While there are a number of community contributors to the book, the main author and project lead is Jeffrey M. Young, who was generously sponsored in this work by Input Output Global.

Release History

• September, 2024

  • Memory Footprints of Data Types first draft finished.

• August, 2024

  • Philosophies of Optimization first draft finished.

• April, 2024

  • Linux Perf first draft finished.

• February, 2024

  • How to Debug first draft finished.

• March/April, 2023

  • Klister Case Study first draft finished.

  • Add Info-Table profiling stub.

• February, 2023

  • Lambda lifting chapter first draft finished.

  • Update sphinx-exec-directive documentation on ways to run Haskell code.

• January, 2023

  • Patched sphinx-exec-directive to run Haskell code with runghc, ghci and a cabal or stack target.

• December, 2022

  • Weigh chapter first draft finished.

• November, 2022

  • Eventlog chapter now has interactive heap profiles

  • Begin draft of Weigh chapter

• October, 2022

  • Add first draft of eventlog chapter.

  • Add code snippets.

• September, 2022

  • Add Release History to splash page.

  • End of Phase 0 in project plan.

  • Begin process of moving book repository to Haskell Foundation.