KRC, Miranda, and LML all predate Haskell and have list comprehensions.
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Jonathan Geddes <geddes.jonat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Regardless of which languages got which features for which other > languages, Haskell is surely NOT a "scripting language inspired by > python"... > > Also, it was my understanding that Python got list comprehensions > straight from Haskell. Unless, of course, some of the pre-Haskells > also had this feature. > > Haskell: [f x | x <- xs, x <= 15] > Python: [f(x) for x in xs if x <= 15] > > The Python version reads the way I would speak the Haskell one if I > were reading code aloud, though I might say "such that" rather than > "for" > > --Jonathan Geddes > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Stephen Tetley <stephen.tet...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On 4 November 2010 12:03, Stephen Tetley <stephen.tet...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Python is approximately as old as Python and most likely got >>> indentation from ABC. >> >> Apologies that should read - "as old as Haskell" >> >> Obviously IDSWIM - (I _don't_ say what I mean). >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
