Re: [Haskell-cafe] Records vs Tuples

On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Kim-Ee Yeoh wrote:

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Cary Cherng wrote:

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What exactly is the purpose in having both records and tuples? They seem to behave rather similarly

What's the purpose of distinguishing between US dollars, OZ dollars, Can dollars, etc? At the end of the day, aren't they just _numbers_?

-- Kim-Ee

Maybe I'm tired, but I thought you were serious there for a moment. :)