Re: [Haskell-beginners] Still confused

Does it help to think of it like algebra? let x = 4 where x / 8 On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 2:03 PM, Marc Gorenstein wrote:

Hi Brandon, Darren, and Michael,

Thanks for you responses, but I'm still confused.

Here are two examples of operator sections. The first takes the infix operator / and turns it into a prefix operator.

Prelude> let eight_div_by = ((/) 8 ) Prelude> eight_div_by 4 2.0

I get that. But look at the following: We now have a prefix operator with the input on the "wrong" side.

Prelude> let div_by_eight = ( / 8 ) Prelude> div_by_eight 4 0.5

Why should ( / 8) 4 = 0.5?

Thanks again,

Marc

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