> > I don't especially like the idea of making multiple notations for the same thing, to be honest. > > I can appreciate that sentiment, but I'm afraid the desi

> > I don't especially like the idea of making multiple notations for the same thing, to be honest. > > I can appreciate that sentiment, but I'm afraid the designers of Haskell had a different approach there. It's also very difficult to achieve in practice. According to the Zen of Python "There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it" but I don't think even Python lives up to that.