On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Twan van Laarhoven wrote:
> David Sankel wrote:
>> I'm writing a set of classes that includes AF's and I'm trying to
>> decide whether to call the class Idiom. Anyone have more information
>> on this question?
>
> Why are you writing your own? How do your classes d
David Sankel wrote:
After reading several recent papers I came to the understanding that
there isn't consensus on the name of Applicative Functors. Several
prefer to call them idioms:
"'Idiom' was the name McBride originally chose, but he and Paterson
now favour the less evocative term `applicat
After reading several recent papers I came to the understanding that
there isn't consensus on the name of Applicative Functors. Several
prefer to call them idioms:
"'Idiom' was the name McBride originally chose, but he and Paterson
now favour the less evocative term `applicative functor'. We have
