On 5/17/07, Joseph H. Fasel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
*Sigh* The problems with unary minus were discussed in the dim mists of time before we published the first Haskell report. We considered then using a separate symbol for unary negation (as does APL, for example), but (IIRC) this was regarded as unfriendly to Fortran programmers.
[breaking cc list] Would this kind of thing be eligible for Haskell'? I never had a problem with _1 in APL-type languages... and I think it's best to be very clear about intent. -- Taral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Please let me know if there's any further trouble I can give you." -- Unknown _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime
