"Mark Spezzano" <[email protected]> wrote: > Basically I___m asking if there are any kinds of ___common denominator___ > function compositions that are used again and again to solve > problems. If so, what are they called? > Haskellers tend to cast their design patterns into functions and libraries. What they're supposed to be called is a zealously heated discussion, there's, for example,
return == pure == point and fmap == map == (.) == liftM [1] OTOH, we're said to not care at all: | Don't underrate Haskell programmers. The ones I know have the kind of | minds where if you switched the names to pig latin, they wouldn't skip | a beat. -- [2] If you're looking for a text that could be named "The N most (use|success)ful Haskell Design Patterns", I recommend having a look at the Typeclassopedia[3]. [1]well, at least there _could_ be. [2]http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg08898.html [3]http://byorgey.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/the-typeclassopedia-request-for-feedback/ -- (c) this sig last receiving data processing entity. Inspect headers for copyright history. All rights reserved. Copying, hiring, renting, performance and/or quoting of this signature prohibited. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
