13 Jul
2012
13 Jul
'12
12:06 p.m.
Quoth Wolfgang Jeltsch
What is an anonymous function? A function that has no name, that is, a function that is not assigned to an identifier. So (+ 1), \x -> x + 1, and any lambda case are all anonymous functions.
All right, that more general definition works for me. It doesn't take much away from my point, though - in any case, clarity doesn't demand that we use \ for all these things, only for \ x -> x + 1. Donn