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User interfaces are normally based on low-level trickery either within the run-time system, or in a separate program which has been connected to the stream I/O system of the language. We present a new twist to this by giving some intelligence to the outside system, which will have greater control of the interface. This has a number of benefits: it makes creating new programs easier, increases the efficiency of the resulting system, and improves the separation between the two halves of the system.
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Sinclair, D.C. (1993). Graphical User Interfaces for Haskell. In: Launchbury, J., Sansom, P. (eds) Functional Programming, Glasgow 1992. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3215-8_22
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