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Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application

From "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application
Date 2012-03-16 11:06 -0400
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On 16/03/2012 8:45 AM, Ray Song wrote:
> I confess i've indulged in Haskell and found
>      f a
> more readable than
>      f(a)
>
> And why aren't functions curried (partially applied function is another function which takes the rest arguments) by default?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
> --
> Ray
+1

Colin W.

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Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application Ray Song <emacsray@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 20:45 +0800
  Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application "bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com" <bruno.desthuilliers@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 06:14 -0700
    Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-16 17:00 +0100
      RE: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-03-16 16:13 +0000
        Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-16 17:31 +0100
          Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-03-16 16:45 +0000
            Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application Kiuhnm <kiuhnm03.4t.yahoo.it> - 2012-03-16 18:18 +0100
            Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 11:59 -0600
            Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 22:57 +0200
            Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2012-03-16 14:02 -0700
            Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2012-03-17 00:14 +0200
          Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application Tony the Tiger <tony@tiger.invalid> - 2012-03-16 16:55 -0500
    Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-03-17 00:38 -0400
  Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@ncf.ca> - 2012-03-16 11:06 -0400
  Haskellizing python (was Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application) rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-03-16 22:26 -0700
  Re: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application Larry Hudson <orgnut@yahoo.com> - 2012-03-16 23:39 -0700

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