I always figured the P in ReadP was Parser and the S in ShowS was Show-er, despite it being a duplication (possibly because nobody could come up with a better name).

On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Javran Cheng <javran.c@gmail.com> wrote:
also interested in knowing this, I'm not 100% sure but I think it has something to do with diff list. if this is the case, perhaps DShow is a better name?

On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 4:36 PM, Chris Martin <ch.martin@gmail.com> wrote:
The name "ShowS" in Text.Show always been mysterious to me. Can anyone explain why it's called that?

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