The purpose of mathematic syntax is to comunicate mathematical ideas between humans. Programmirng languages both communicate mathmatical ideas among humans and specify sequences of operations performed by computing machinery to achieve a goal. The trouble is is the first goal is often forgotten. The Haskell community tends to be less likely to forget the first goal. The fact is the dual purpose of programming languages causes conflicts. Let's focus on currying. I'm sure that most in this community think that currying is wonderful, but many pure mathematicians look at us quizically. What's all the excitent about? How does this help me communicate with other homosapians? Comunication appears to be a driving force of the Fortress languge http://projectfortress.sun.com. Personally, I think that Data Parallel Haskell (DPH) plus Haskell's commitment to currying is a viable approach to high performance computing. John