Re: lambda, ->, haskell, and so on

Am 11 May 2008 um 15:14 hat Evan Phoenix geschrieben:

> Not to throw the whole thread into a tizzy again, but why again is:
> 
>   ->(a,b) { }   # stabby proc
> 
> better than
> 
>    def(a,b) { } # anonymous def
> 
> Seems like there has been continual talk of the positions of ->, but 
> none (I may have missed it) on it existing at all (though, I'm quite 
> aware of them existing before).
> 
> IMHO, the anonymous def syntax is consistent, easy to type, and looks 
> nice.

+1

I would def_initely prefer the anonymous def syntax.
It is simple, immediately clear and beautyful.

'->() {}' introduces something new, which is not obviously a proc.
'def(a,b) {}' is more logical, because it clearly says what it (as a 
lambda or proc) really is: an anonymous function.

Dirk