Re: [Haskell-cafe] Language complexity & beginners (Was: New type of ($) operator in GHC 8.0 is problematic)

I'm not seeing a semicolon anywhere here... Am 08.02.2016 um 21:39 schrieb Matthias Hörmann:

Are you seriously suggesting to overloaded semicolons to *avoid* confusing newcomers to Haskell from other languages?

And all of that just in case that newcomer happens to look at the output of :t ($)?

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 8:28 PM, Joachim Durchholz wrote:

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Am 08.02.2016 um 18:59 schrieb Michael Orlitzky:

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If most uses of "$" are for,

putStrLn $ "Hello" ++ " world!"

to avoid,

putStrLn ("Hello" ++ " world!")

then I think it's silly to worry about the type of "$". Most people don't have to know, care, or use it -- the second example is much clearer.

Only if you are on the standard programming language mindset. I.e. those who learn Haskell first will find putStrLn "Hello" ++ "world!" more natural.

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