26 Nov
2002
26 Nov
'02
6:13 a.m.
On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 02:38, Richard Braakman wrote:
penultimax1' :: Ord a => [a] -> a penultimax1' = head . tail . sortBy (flip compare) . nub
What does "nub" stand for? (This is the first I've heard of it.)
From the definition in List.hs it seems to remove repeats, keeping only the first. Is there documentation on List.hs, along the lines of the "A Tour of the Haskell Prelude"?
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