[Haskell-cafe] Missing `$` like operators in Haskell
Alexander Berntsen
alexander at plaimi.net
Sat Dec 13 12:57:09 UTC 2014
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On 12/12/14 14:22, Johan Tibell wrote:
> Everything doesn't have to have an operator! We use operators a bit
> too much. It hurts readability of code when lines start looking
> like APL.
I agree. Furthermore I think '$' (and by extension '&') is dreadful.
We should have gone with '<|' and '|>' like e.g. F#. It is a shame
that we do not have mnemonic operators for something so common.
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Alexander
alexander at plaimi.net
https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander
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