On 2006-07-13 at 11:15+0200 Henning Thielemann wrote:
> Optimal notation of lists, because of most easiest editing, is
> 
> a:
> b:
> c:
> []

That made me smile. In Ponder I had used up : for types, and
lists could be

a::
b::
c:.

but when I suggested this at a Haskell meeting, Simon PJ
complained that it "looks like hopscotch". I've never quite
understood that complaint!

 Jón


-- 
Jón Fairbairn                              Jon.Fairbairn at cl.cam.ac.uk


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