"Richard O'Keefe" <o...@cs.otago.ac.nz> writes: >> You mean to parse a - b differently then a-b? You don't have the >> problem in LISP as AFAIR you use (- a b) but in Haskell it would be a >> problem.
> Haskell already has this problem with ".", where we generally need (As somebody pointed out, this is usually unambigous) > to put spaces around "." with the meaning "composition" and not > put spaces around other uses. With implicit parameters, this also goes for (?). Is anybody using that extension still? > It's a problem that COBOL solved a long time ago: > COMPUTE INCREASED-DEBT = TOTAL-EXPENSES - AFTER-TAX-INCOME. That we all program in COBOL these days shows how important this issue is :-) > Given the amazinglyUglyAndUnreadably baStudlyCaps namingStyle that I prefer underscored_words myself, but just like periods for hierarchical modules, this is water under the bridge. In sum, perhaps the net effect of this convention is positive: it encourages short variable names. -k -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
