Hello… This function first appeared _(to my knowledge)_ in [a Stack Overflow answer][1]. I found it useful several times, and eventually [I extended it to a family of 4 derived functions][2]: `converge`, `convergeBy`, `fixp` and `fixpBy`. * `convergeBy` is like `takeWhile` but with a binary predicate. * `converge` cuts a list at a point where it starts to repeat itself. * `fixp` takes the last element. These operations are useful in many practical cases. For example, the Newton-Raphson approximation method: λ r a = \x -> (x + a/x) / 2 λ fixp (r 2) 1 1.414213562373095 Or let us compute the alternating group A₄: λ import qualified Data.List as List λ xs */ ys = fmap (xs !!) ys λ generate1 gens elems = List.union elems [ elem */ gen | elem <- elems, gen <- gens ] λ ε = [0.. 3] λ rota3 = [1, 2, 0, 3] λ rota3' = [0, 2, 3, 1] λ length $ fixp (generate1 [rota3, rota3']) [ε] 12 I propose adding these functions to `Data.List`. [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7443379 [2]: https://stackoverflow.com/q/48353457