my knowledge of point-free is from category theory. in what sense is Haskell point-free handle namespace pollution?
Kind regards, Vasili On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 3:23 AM, Jonathan Cast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 30 May 2008, at 12:29 AM, Galchin, Vasili wrote: > > compactness in writing and also namespace pollution .. ;^) >> > > I know what the advantages of C's notation are. But getting the best > notation out of Haskell generally doesn't happen by trying to make your code > look like C. > > So the general answer to questions of the form `C can do x; can Haskell' is > `No'. Don't do it like in C. It won't be idiomatic, it won't be elegant, > and neither of us will like the results. Understand the features of Haskell > that make your program compact, point-free (how Haskell handles namespace > pollution), and elegant and use those. This will require a different > factoring of your program vs. C. Sorry, but that's life. > > jcc > >
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