
20 Oct
2006
20 Oct
'06
9:10 a.m.
I would like to propose a new module for functions like this, which are in some sense "purely" functional, that is, they do not involve any data structure at all, just functions. Other examples would be
const id flip (.) ($) ($!)
Any suggestions for a good name for such a module? Data.Function does not sound right to my ears.
It does sound right to my ears, and I thought of it before I read to the last paragraph. In my lectures, I use the example of shows versus show to demonstrate that functions can be a more efficient datatype than more conventional datatypes like lists... Wolfram