The Haskell / Erlang approach is a natural fit for the pipe operator that enables pipeline style (see F#, OCaml). Having the arguments order flipped means that

The Haskell / Erlang approach is a natural fit for the pipe operator that enables pipeline style (see F#, OCaml). Having the arguments order flipped means that currying and pipeline do not play nicely together. I don’t see how the Gleam approach is better.