Alternatives to . for composition

[Josef Svenningsson]

FYI, Cayenne used the center dot as composition. See the System$HO module.
http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~augustss/cayenne/system.html
I remember liking it but I think the ring operator would be closer to
mathematics notation and indeed the best choice.

Cheers,

/Josef

On 3/25/06, Dylan Thurston <dthurston at barnard.edu> wrote:
> At http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/haskell-prime/wiki/CompositionAsDot ,
> there is a list of possible Unicode replacements for the '.'
> operator.  Oddly, the canonical one is missing (from
> http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2200.pdf ):
>
> 2218      RING OPERATOR
>           = composite function
>           = APL jot
>             00B0 degree sign
>             25E6 white bullet
>
> I don't think any other Unicode character should be considered.
>
> (Is this the approved way to send minor updates like this?)
>
> Peace,
>         Dylan Thurston
>
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