From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22507 invoked from network); 7 Oct 2021 14:01:02 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 7 Oct 2021 14:01:02 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 898AB9CBD9; Fri, 8 Oct 2021 00:00:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABDB49CA44; Fri, 8 Oct 2021 00:00:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4A6199CA44; Fri, 8 Oct 2021 00:00:38 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 364 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 08 Oct 2021 00:00:34 AEST Received: from mail.cheswick.com (unknown [96.93.158.218]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD4919CA3A for ; Fri, 8 Oct 2021 00:00:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtpclient.apple (farmgate.cheswick.com [96.93.158.217]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mail.cheswick.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8133B2383A2; Thu, 7 Oct 2021 09:54:28 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 14.0 \(3654.120.0.1.13\)) From: William Cheswick In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 09:54:28 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: To: Douglas McIlroy X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3654.120.0.1.13) Subject: Re: [TUHS] [Haskell-cafe] Terminator syntax style (Was: Nested (=>) (Was: On finding the right exposition...)) X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Doug, if you insist on applying your superb editing skills on wiki = material, we will never hear from you again! > On Oct 7, 2021, at 9:50 AM, Douglas McIlroy = wrote: >=20 > Apropos of "finding the right exposition"!, consider the cited wiki = article: >=20 > Separator: There is a symbol between each element. >=20 > The more carefully you read this the more it becomes nonsense. >=20 > 1, "Each element" is an individual. You can't put something between an > individual. >=20 > 2 The defining sentence states a property of a representation of a > sequence. It fails to indicate that "separator" is the symbol's role. >=20 > In fact what's being defined is "separator notation", not the bare > word "separator". This usage appears only later in the article. It > should be employed throughout--most importantly in the title and the > definition. The same goes for "terminator". >=20 > Doug