<$> is fmap (literally it is just an operator version of Functor's fmap)

<*> is ap (although ap may still be specialized to Monad rather than Applicative, it is the same operation)

On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Max Schneider <maxwell.j.schneider@gmail.com> wrote:

(I really hope 'no stupid questions' holds here)
I'm not even going to try framing this into a weighty or practical question; how do you pronounce the <$> and <*> Applicative functions?

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