Re: [Haskell-beginners] Does haskell have to have values?

On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:52:12 +0000 Stephen Tetley wrote:

On 23 March 2011 20:17, Mike Meyer wrote:

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So the question is - is there any advantage or harm in this way of looking at values? [as nullary functions] Be careful, wise voices appear to conclude it is harmful: http://conal.net/blog/posts/everything-is-a-function-in-haskell/

True, they do appear to have concluded that this is harmful. But this article is more about how people get to that harmful conclusion than about what's harmful about it. While that answers my question, I'd be interested in seeing more about why it's harmful. thanks, http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Software developer/SCM consultant, email for more information. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org