[Haskell-beginners] Functions as Applicatives

[Rein Henrichs]

In  f <*> g = \x -> f x (g x), g is the second argument to <*>. The result
of f <*> g is a function that takes an argument (x) and gives f x (g x). So
basically <*> combines the functions f and g in a particular way to give a
new function. In fact, it is the only way to combine them that type checks
(and doesn't use undefined or similar).

On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 11:13 AM Imants Cekusins <imantc at gmail.com> wrote:

> .. actually, I got fg wrong. Caught it by changing g to (/ ):
>
>
> f::Fractional f => f -> f -> f
> f = (+)
>
> g::Fractional g => g -> g
> g a = a / 2
>
> h::Fractional h => h -> h
> h = (* 10)
>
>
> fg::Fractional a =>     a -> a -> a
> fg = f <$> g
> {-  fg a b = (a / 2) + b
>     fg a = \b -> (a / 2) + b
> -}
>
> fgh::Fractional a =>  a -> a
> fgh = fg <*> h
> {-  fgh a = fg a (a * 10)
>     fgh = \a -> fg a (a * 10)
> -}
>
> ​
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