> Huh? You can't actually over-ride function application --- Haskell's > built-in application always does exactly the same thing, at every type.
It's a metaphor. In every case container has its own method of applying functions to its contents - e.g. instead of "f x" we write "x fmap f". > You can, however, define new application-like operators that have other > application-like behaviors. Haskell has a few of these: > > * return > * (<$>) > * (<*>) > * (>>=) I know Haskell, that's not what I'm talking about. What I'm trying to do is to create a simple explanation for monads that doesn't involve neither mathematics nor "computation" metaphor. _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
