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Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:45:15 +0800
From: Ray Song <emacsray@gmail.com>
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Subject: Why not use juxtaposition to indicate function application
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Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:21745

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