Quoth Wolfgang Jeltsch <g9ks1...@acme.softbase.org>,
...
> What is an anonymous function? A function that has no name, that is, a
> function that is not assigned to an identifier. So (+ 1), \x -> x + 1,
> and any lambda case are all anonymous functions.

All right, that more general definition works for me.  It doesn't
take much away from my point, though - in any case, clarity doesn't
demand that we use \ for all these things, only for \ x -> x + 1.

        Donn

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