Proposal: Applicative => Monad: Call for consensus

[roconnor at theorem.ca]

On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, Maciej Piechotka wrote:

> Maybe better example:
>
> doA :: String -> String -> String -> IO String
> doB :: IO String
>
> doC = join $ doA <$> doB <*> doB <*> doB
>
> vs.
>
> doC = do
>  x <- doB
>  y <- doB
>  z <- doB
>  doA x y z

This is a good illustration.  Notice how the intermediate variables don't 
have to be named.

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