Experiments in Fun[ctional] Programming #

hacking, January 20th 2008

WARNING: May Contain Trace Elements of Parody

I mentioned the possibility to use <- instead of #L a while ago. Then I got to talking with Troels Henriksen of the Climacs (which is Emacs of tomorrow — like Arc is to Common Lisp, except that it actually exists!) and McCLIM fame about related matters. Like so many others, I've always been intrigued by the utter clarity functional programming delivers — on thing led to another, and now I'd like to introduce you to my three new best friends: <-, <