+@splitAt@, @take@, and @drop@ but with length of another
+list giving the break-off point:
+
+\begin{code}
+takeList :: [b] -> [a] -> [a]
+takeList [] _ = []
+takeList (_:xs) ls =
+ case ls of
+ [] -> []
+ (y:ys) -> y : takeList xs ys
+
+dropList :: [b] -> [a] -> [a]
+dropList [] xs = xs
+dropList _ xs@[] = xs
+dropList (_:xs) (_:ys) = dropList xs ys
+
+
+splitAtList :: [b] -> [a] -> ([a], [a])
+splitAtList [] xs = ([], xs)
+splitAtList _ xs@[] = (xs, xs)
+splitAtList (_:xs) (y:ys) = (y:ys', ys'')
+ where
+ (ys', ys'') = splitAtList xs ys
+
+\end{code}
+