Thanks Las. That's a verty helpful suggestion, though for me personally it won't help. (I know that a lot of people like to get information from videos. I don't. I'd rather read--then I can use my eyes to find the places that I want to focus on--except when information is better conveyed through motion. That means that I miss out on some information, sometimes. Each person has to choose how to use her/his time.)
On Thursday, October 30, 2014 10:54:18 AM UTC-5, Las wrote: > > Hi, > > on transducers generally, watch this > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mTbuzafcII . > > This part tackles your questions on ordering > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mTbuzafcII#t=1531 . > > > > 2014-10-30 15:44 GMT+00:00 Mars0i <mars...@logical.net <javascript:>>: > >> Caveat: I am still feeling around in the dark in my understanding of >> transducers. What I write below may just convey how clueless I am. >> >> (Meta-caveat: I'm probably spitting into the wind. I should no doubt use >> my time more wisely.) >> >> >> Normal function composition is done starting from the right. This is >> familiar from mathematics, other Lisps, most languages, and it's how >> Clojure's function application and 'comp' work. >> >> Sometimes it's easier to understand composition going from left to right, >> as in many natural languages and as in unix pipes, and Clojure provides >> '->' and '->>' to do that. That's good. Best of both worlds. One thing I >> like about these operators is that their name clearly indicates the >> direction of function application. >> >> Transducers allow function composition with potential efficiency gains, >> but apply functions starting from left to right. But *it does this >> using the name 'comp'*, which otherwise applies functions from right to >> left. What?? Doesn't that seem like a Bad Thing? Why not use a different >> name? (It's like overloading the minus sign so that in some contexts, it >> subtracts the first argument from the second.) >> >> (Is Clojure is getting too popular? Its essential features--prefix >> notation, parentheses, purely functional operations, and laziness--aren't >> doing enough to scare away Java programmers? :-) >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clo...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:> >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Clojure" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to clojure+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > László Török > Checkout justonemorepoint.com - Know your true value > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
