> Well, try this: Go ask a random person how you add up a list of numbers. > Most of them will say something about adding the first two together, > adding the third to that total, and so forth. In other words, the step > by step instructions.
You word the (hypothetical) question with a bias toward imperative thinking. You're asking "How do you do this action?" Why isn't the question "What is the sum of a list of numbers?", which is biased toward the declarative? John (who's glad he's not a social scientist) _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
