Re: [Haskell-cafe] Re: Ultra-newbie Question

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Luke Palmer wrote:

On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Henrique Becker wrote:

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Why not?

import Data.Number.Nat as N

lastN :: Integral b => b -> [a] -> [a] lastN n xs = N.drop (N.length xs - n') xs        where n' = N.toNat n

Wow.  That is gorgeous!  I think it's basically the same idea as my "zipWith" implementation, but it is so much clearer here.  Thanks :-)

Er forget that zipWith comment. It is quite unlike that. But it is still beautiful and efficient.