On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 02:52:32AM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> Jeremy's got a great explanation of this, which I'll paraphrase, but the
> discussion went through lots of iterations. Think of the ^ as a carat or
> thumbtack, holding the place for later variables.
Yea, I ran across the description, and it was well thought-out and describes
the decision rather well. However, I am reminded of my first look at the
currying syntax. Had I read Jeremy's justification before seeing the
example I may have been able to parse it easier, but as it was I had to get
past the ^_ and ambiguities with ^. I suspect this is how most people will
get their first taste of currying (was that a pun? :).
I suppose I can get over it and live with the operators as they are, and so
can anyone else, but I would much rather love it than simply live with it.
Michael
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