Chris Marusich <cmmarus...@gmail.com> writes: > Efraim Flashner <efr...@flashner.co.il> writes: > >> On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 04:51:48PM +0800, Alex Vong wrote: >>> Hello guix, >>> >>> Should we allow the use of 'λ' in guix? I think we have discussed it >>> before, but I forget why it was rejected. Running 'rgrep' on source >>> shows 7 uses of it. I think it is syntactically more pleasant and it >>> encourges the use of short functions (at least for me!). >>> >> >> I know it's lambda, but to me it's like the ⓒ symbol. When I need to use >> it I have to copy-paste it from somewhere else. I'm guessing as others >> have mentioned, if you didn't recognize the Greek letter or come in >> knowing some lisp then it's a wierd symbol that makes it harder to read >> the source. > > I agree; I think writing "lambda" is better than using the symbol. The > symbol is cute, but writing "lambda" is less surprising.
OK. It seems many think λ is not newcomer-friendly, which is not what I have thought about before. (Thanks for telling me!) I guess it's because I have seen it in school physics before. But of course this is not a compulsory subject, so it could be a wierd symbol for many.
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