Oops; I totally forgot the context of this whole discussion!
I enjoyed your article. On 2/12/07, Bernie Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nicolas Frisby wrote: > Guess this is a tricky choice for a foldr intro, since it requires a > "paramorphism" (see bananas lenses wires etc.) > > para :: (a -> [a] -> b -> b) -> b -> [a] -> b > para f e [] = e > para f e (x:xs) = f x xs (para f e xs) > > -- note that the original tail of the list (i.e. xs and not xs') is > used in the else-branch > dropWhile' p = para (\x xs xs' -> if p x then xs' else (x:xs)) [] Actually, several people tried to use para, but of course it is not in the spirit of the challenge :) Cheers, Bernie.
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