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

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

(+)     accepts one argument and returns a function that accepts one        argument and returns a zeroadic function that returns the        value of the sum of the two arguments. (+ 5)   accepts one argument and returns a zeroadic function that ... (3 + 5) a zeroadic function that returns 8

So the question is - is there any advantage or harm in this way of looking at values?

Be careful, wise voices appear to conclude it is harmful: http://conal.net/blog/posts/everything-is-a-function-in-haskell/