2009/1/16 Andrew Coppin <andrewcop...@btinternet.com>: > Either way, wherever the description gets put, just saying "associativity > means that (x + y) + z = x + (y + z)" is insufficient. Sure, that's the > *definition* of what it is, but we should point out that "associativity > means that the ordering of the operations does not affect the result" or > something. Something that's intuitive. (The tricky part, of course, is > explaining how associative /= commutative.)
How about "associativity means that how you pair up the operations does not affect the result"? Paul. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
