On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Rustom Mody <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rustompmody@gmail.com" target="_blank">rustompmody@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">In particular, there is one small notational point that he insisted
on towards the end of his career (and life) viz. where traditional
mathematicians write <i>f(x) </i>and functional programmers write <i>f x</i>, he would write <i>f.x</i> , ie he showed apply with a '.'</div>
<br>In trying to understand his intentions, I wrote the following 'thought-dialogue' [as in thought-experiment :-) ]<br><a href="http://www.the-magus.in/Publications/ewd.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.the-magus.in/Publications/ewd.pdf</a><br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I didn't read all of it, but near the end when "EWD" made the point about how function application should be a first-class operator and not mere whitespace, "Haskeller" missed a golden opportunity to segue into applicative functors.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-- Kim-Ee</div></div>