[PRL] Of course our programming language can do this

[Matthias Felleisen]

And how do you write down

  (define-syntax let
    (syntax-rules ...))

in Haskell? -- Matthias

On Aug 2, 2006, at 5:47 PM, Paul A. Steckler wrote:

>> Well, syntax may not be a polite topic, but that doesn't make it
>> unimportant.  Remember, we are talking about programming  
>> **languages**.
>
> My cue to opine that writing down a curried function in Haskell
>
>   \ x y z -> ...
>
> is a lot more convenient to type than the Scheme equivalent
>
>   (lambda (x)
>     (lambda (y)
>       (lambda (z) ... )))
>
> -- Paul