On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote:
> > It does save a pair of '()' but that seems to be not a good
> > practice as it
> > doesn't use the 'primary' functionality of '>' which is to unbox
>
> Who's to say what the "primary functionality" of
> something is? I have on occasion used the monad
> ":&.> to produced formatted numbers individually boxed:
For me, it is what the dictionary put most emphasis on(the intended usage),
and to 'box' via 'unbox' through &. is much easier to understand.
The analogy of '{.&>' would be like using tungsten light bulb as a heat
source. It is legitimate and in fact more energy goes to heat than light but
most people would think that I am weird if I do that. And for people like my
mom who didn't study physic, it would take me some effort to explain. I was
in my mom's position when I needed to ask for help.
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