Here is something in Haskell which is confusing/bothering me right now.
What magic do the parenthesis do exactly?
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`, conversely, transforms prefix into infix:
4 `elem` [3, 4, 5] # => True
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Part of what attracts me to Functional is "we got rid of all the 'syntax', it's all just functions!"
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That’s way, way more true in Lisp than Haskell. :|
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…enumerating over a sequence-like data type bc the constructions are so different. Also everyone's saying "don't use String"
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I guess the Haskell people would argue that it’s better that they can define “enumeration” in library rather than in language.
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So, somebody did this (ListLike and Traversible?) but, this is only "better" if we're comparing Haskell to other langs.
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The whole thing’s basically designed to be a maximally flexible sandbox for playing with abstractions, I guess.