Hah! It sure is. :) On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Peter Verswyvelen <[email protected]>wrote:
> Sometimes that is very hard when the writer is way smarter than the reader > :-) > 2009/3/24 Conal Elliott <[email protected]> > > Another helpful strategy for the reader is to get smarter, i.e. to invest >> effort in rising to the level of the writer. Or just choose a different >> book if s/he prefers. - Conal >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Manlio Perillo <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Yitzchak Gale ha scritto: >>> >>>> [...] >>>> So the bottom line is that Manlio is right, really. It's just >>>> that Haskell is still very different than what most >>>> programmers are used to. So it does take a while to >>>> get a feeling for what is "too smart". >>>> >>>> >>> Right, you centered the problem! >>> >>> The problem is where to place the separation line between "normal" and >>> "too smart". >>> >>> Your function is readable, once I mentally separate each step. >>> For someone with more experience, this operation may be automatic, and >>> the function may appear totally natural. >>> >>> When writing these "dense" function, it is important, IMHO, to help the >>> reader using comments, or by introducing intermediate functions. >>> >>> >>> Manlio >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> >> >
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