On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Henning Thielemann <lemm...@henning-thielemann.de> wrote: > Can someone enlighten me about the origin of the term "referential > transparency"? I can lookup the definition of "referential transparency" in > the functional programming sense in the Haskell Wiki and I can lookup the > meaning of "reference" and "transparency" in a dictionary, but I don't know > why these words were chosen as name for this defined property.
Instead of a immaculately precise definition, may I suggest going about it from the practical benefits POV? RT matters so much in Haskell because of the engineering leverage it gives us. Bird's Pearls are a good source of Why Equational Reasoning Matters. -- Kim-Ee _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
