From: Michael Neumann <mneumann@...>
Date: 2008-05-02T02:05:24+09:00
Subject: Re: lambda, ->, haskell, and so on

Wolfgang N��dasi-Donner wrote:
 > Dave Thomas schrieb:
 >>      -> (params) { block }
 >> ...
 >> That is, the lambda is introduced with a \ (because, presumably, it
 >> looks a bit like ��).
 >
 > As I understood Matz in some slides (don't remember where I've found
 > them), he introduces "->" as looking somehow like "��" when turning it 45
 > degrees conterclockwise. It can be read then "�� (params) { block }".

This is the slide you're talking about:

http://www.rubyist.net/~matz/slides/rc2007/mgp00054.html

When listening to Matz explanation, it becomes pretty easy to
remember :)

Regards,

   Michael