On Monday, March 11, 2013 12:03:59 PM UTC+1, Michael Klishin wrote: > > 2013/3/11 <edw...@kenworthy.info <javascript:>> > >> What I don't understand is the need for -> the only thing it seems to do >> is make something Lispy appear to be imperative. >> >> Is that it? >> > > When you have longer chains of functions, the "traditional way" forces you > to read from > right to left. For most people, it is more convenient to read from left to > right. > If you have anonymous functions in this chain and they span multiple lines, > it only gets worse. > > ->, ->> and friends make it easier to see the data flow. It has nothing to > do > with imperative style of programming. >
It also makes it much easier to format and indent code in a readable manner, while respecting the established norms for Lisp code indentation. Note also that Haskell, that bastillion of pure FP, has *do* which does pretty much the same thing for the monadic bind operation. -Marko -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
