Proposal: Add (&) to Data.Function

[John Wiegley]

>>>>> Gábor Lehel <illissius at gmail.com> writes:

> What if (&) is flip ($) instead?

>     theList & filter even & map (*2) & sum

Take the list as given and filter the evens and multiply each element by two
and take the sum.

     theList |> filter even |> map (*2) |> sum

Is your argument against the operator in general?  The |> usage has the same
problem.

Also, |> feels like something related to Alternative, a point Edward
mentioned.

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