Come on guys, let's keep it respectful, especially considering this is the
libraries list. Lively debate is good, but it shouldn't turn to noise.
On Apr 2, 2017 1:33 AM, "Tony Morris"
Join me in not caring about the names. Again, use the types.
It's triply hilarious that we have a typed programming language, and an increasingly disproportionate user base who don't know how to use those types. What is this? Amateur hour? Python exists.
On 02/04/17 18:22, Henrik Nilsson wrote:
On 04/02/2017 01:56 AM, Tony Morris wrote:
length :: f a -> Int
We immediately know that values of the kind (* -> *) slot in to the value (f), with a kind checker to ensure we get it correct. Therefore, we can easily reason about the length of values of kind ((,) a)
I do find it hilarious that this discussion continued using the term "tuple" as if to make a reasonable point. KIND ERROR.
And it's doubly hilarious that that the above argument is put forward without any regard for picking an appropriate name for the concept, which most certainly is very different from "length" as used in everyday parlance, physics, mathematics, and any CS text-book on data-structures and algorithms I've ever seen.
Best,
/Henrik
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