This is what it comes down to for me: Richard F talking about Maybes: https://youtu.be/IcgmSRJHu_8?t=9m21s
He says "those will go from a series of Nothings to a series of Justs". Thing a | Nothing would mean he'd say "those will go from a series of Nothings to a series of Things" which makes more sense with the semantics of Maybe and which makes more sense to the uninitiated listener. On Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 5:16:26 PM UTC, Will White wrote: > > I'm talking about Maybe.Just, of course. Just has always seemed strange to > me, as if it's hinting that it's something other than just the counterpart > to Nothing. I don't know the reasons behind its naming, but I think I would > prefer Something, as in "something or nothing". What do you think? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
