Re: Thinking about port set expressions and block expressions

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> wrote:
>
>   [source="doc.xml", "style.xsl"] -> xslt()
>
> (I kind of like the arrow for readability but I think Henry's right,
> it has no purpose except readability.)
>

I think that is like saying:

1 + 2 + -3

is the same as

1 2 -3

because the + operator is just there for readability.

We may find we want other operators in the future.


-- 
--Alex Miłowski
"The excellence of grammar as a guide is proportional to the paucity of the
inflexions, i.e. to the degree of analysis effected by the language
considered."

Bertrand Russell in a footnote of Principles of Mathematics

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