4 ms·
Haskell is a bit of an odd one out there. Its syntax is extremely simple and the major source of peculiar symbols is various functions, which are much easier to
by lucian1900 12y ago
Haskell is a bit of an odd one out there. Its syntax is extremely simple and the major source of peculiar symbols is various functions, which are much easier to reason about than syntax.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoSimple doesn't mean easy. I believe APL has a simpler syntax than Haskell (if we just look at grammar complexity): all of its complexity is in the various functions it supports.
- kd0amg 12y agoAPL's syntax is only simple if you consider parsing as a language acceptance check. Getting the actual syntax tree requires knowing what will be assigned to what names during run time.