GHC Language Extensions

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Explore the world of GHC Language Extensions in this informative conference talk from YOW! 2019. Delve into the purpose and implementation of language extensions in modern Haskell programming. Learn about enabling extensions, common syntactic sugar extensions like LambdaCase and TupleSections, and more complex extensions such as ScopedTypeVariables and GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving. Gain insights into type class-related extensions including FlexibleInstances, FlexibleContexts, MultiParamTypeClasses, and FunctionalDependencies. Understand the tradeoffs and potential risks associated with using these extensions, and improve your Haskell programming skills with this comprehensive overview of commonly used GHC language extensions.