On 10 May 2011, at 08:30, Yitzchak Gale wrote:
If I were to describe to someone in words what this function does, I would say something like: "Apply Main.id, turn it into a string, tack a message onto the end, and print it." So why not write it that way in Haskell?
Why not indeed ? (-->) = flip (.) f = Main.id --> show --> (++ " = message received") --> putStrLn ;-)
One of the nicest features of Haskell is that the combinator approach is often so natural.
:-) :-)
Regards, Yitz
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