On 10 May 2011, at 08:30, Yitzchak Gale wrote: > > If I were to describe to someone in words what this > function does, I would say something like: "Apply Main.id, > turn it into a string, tack a message onto the end, and > print it." So why not write it that way in Haskell?
Why not indeed ? (-->) = flip (.) f = Main.id --> show --> (++ " = message received") --> putStrLn ;-) > > One of the nicest features of Haskell is that the > combinator approach is often so natural. :-) :-) > > Regards, > Yitz > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Butterfield Tel: +353-1-896-2517 Fax: +353-1-677-2204 Foundations and Methods Research Group Director. School of Computer Science and Statistics, Room F.13, O'Reilly Institute, Trinity College, University of Dublin http://www.cs.tcd.ie/Andrew.Butterfield/ --------------------------------------------------------------------
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