David Barton writes:
And finally, it makes sense to have separate syntax for arrays and
general functions, because different behavior is expected for the two.
Here, I may be exposing my cluelessness, but this seems a (search for
a better word --- none found) silly statement. There are
Ken Sailor writes:
On the other hand, general functions and arrays are typically mixed in
a program. If the distinction between the two is limited to type
declarations, then from my perspective it becomes difficult to read
and understand programs. The difference between functions as rules
and
Interesting discussion, but it seems to me that Haskell already
provides the best of both worlds, namely
a. Efficient implementation of arrays as data objects, with indexing
as a projection function; and
b. Definition of functions with (Ix a) domains by indexing an array
behind
