On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:52:12 +0000 Stephen Tetley <stephen.tetley@gmail.com> wrote:
On 23 March 2011 20:17, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> wrote:
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, <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> 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