stupid syntax wars (was Re: Why functional languages?)

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From: Stephen J Bevan
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 19:13

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In article <farrell.718005712@coral> farrell@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au (John Farrell) writes:

   [ lots of subjective comments on one syntax being better than
     another one ]

Please don't waste time arguing about this.  Some people like Lisp
syntax, some don't; subjective arguments aren't going to convince
anyone.


   However I don't like the ML/Haskell convention of using
   "let x = y in z" rather than "z where x = y",

Haskell has the "where" form _and_ the "let" form (though the latter
is a more recent addition); use whichever you prefer.

bevan

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