Re: [Haskell-cafe] Monoid wants a (++) equivalent

G'day all. Quoting John Meacham :

(+>) seems to imply to me that the operator is non-associative. Something like (<>) or (<+>) would be better.

I tend to agree. Moreover, and I realise this may be a losing battle, I want (++) to be the generic operator. I understand the argument. I even agreed with it at the time. In 1998, academic use of Haskell (both for research and education) was the most important imperative. Today, Haskell is officially cool, so the good names and operators should not be stolen by operations that are distinguished only by being less useful (e.g. by working on lists alone). Cheers, Andrew Bromage