Don't forget that some languages use <> to mean "different" (as if
"different" meant always "superior or inferior"...), so some beginners might
get confused.

I personally often define the alias:

(<+>) = mappend

2011/7/24 Maciej Wos <[email protected]>

> Personally, I have nothing against mempty (although I agree that mid makes
> more sense), but I don't like mappend at all. I wonder what happened to the
> idea of using <> instead of mappend (that's what I always do). I think
>
> a <> b <> c
>
> looks so much better than
>
> a `mappend` b `mappend` c
>
> and it solves the name problem altogether.
>
> -- Maciej
> On Jul 24, 2011 3:42 AM, "KC" <[email protected]> wrote:
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