Re: [Haskell-cafe] Why is it so different between 6.12.1 and 6.10.4_1 ?

I think Miljenovic was asking about this (I removed explicit braces): fac n = let f = foldr (*) 1 [1..n] in f Which is strictly equivalent to: fac n = foldr (*) 1 [1..n] Translated into C, this is kind of like doing this: int add(int x, int y) { int sum = x + y; return sum; } instead of this: int add(int x, int y) { return x + y; } I find it very cumbersome (though not *difficult*) and painful to use a C style of programming with Haskell, so I am not sure what you mean when you ask why Haskell supports C style. Are you talking about mutable state, syntax, or something else? --Dietrich On 2010 March 27, at 4:28, zaxis wrote:

Of course, you are wrong ! C is VERY important for almost every programmer in the world! Why cannot C programmer use haskell ? And Why does haskell support C code style ?

Ivan Miljenovic wrote:

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Why do you bother with the interior definition of f in there? Because i want to try a C code style not layout style without `do` syntax sugar .

Haskell /= C, so stop trying to code as if it is. If you like C so much, then use C.

-- Ivan Lazar Miljenovic Ivan.Miljenovic@gmail.com IvanMiljenovic.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe

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