[Haskell-cafe] Please allow beginners to vocalize code. >>= :: -> &&& <- -<

[Wolfgang Jeltsch]

Am Dienstag, 8. Januar 2008 21:36 schrieb Richard Kelsall:
> Now supposing you were on the phone to a Haskell programmer and you
> wanted to say this
>
> f :: Int -> Int
>
> I imagine you might say "f maps Int to Int" or "function f has type
> Int to Int". Both symbols have been translated directly to words. Nobody
> would say "f, colon colon, Int, dash greater than, Int".

I would say: “f double-colon Int arrow Int”.

Best wishes,
Wolfgang