We're at a pretty shallow level of disagreement here, because you'd just add descriptive names to the combinator definitions. I'm not sure this would improve t

We're at a pretty shallow level of disagreement here, because you'd just add descriptive names to the combinator definitions. I'm not sure this would improve the learning curve much if at all, but it couldn't hurt much either. As I always say, there's a difference between real and apparent learning curves. I don't think your perception of the apparent learning curve is wrong. But some things are easier than they look; one of those things is remembering associations. I've seen a good number of people walk the real learning curve for this language, and it's not that steep. Hopefully reality also gets a vote.