>>>>> Jason Dagit <dag...@gmail.com> writes: > Where can I find a formal and precise definition of the term > "combinator",
A function that uses nothing but its arguments. > as a term used by the Haskell community to describe "something"? I find that Haskellers often use combinator to mean "a function that makes new functions out of other functions", which it can often do as a pure combinator, but isn't always a combinator per se. -- John Wiegley FP Complete Haskell tools, training and consulting http://fpcomplete.com johnw on #haskell/irc.freenode.net _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
