[Haskell-cafe] Collections

[Andrew Coppin]

Thomas Conway wrote:
> On 6/21/07, Andrew Coppin <andrewcoppin at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> Lennart Augustsson wrote:
>> > I don't think the collection type (a,b) is best thought of as a loop.
>>
>> True. That's a rather special type; I haven't seen anything remotely
>> like it in any other language.
>
> Is it that special? How is it different to the C++ STL std::pair
> template type? I must be missing something.
>

I've never "seen" C++.

(Well, not properly anyway...)