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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 19272 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2021 21:38:44 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 2 Dec 2021 21:38:44 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E38CA9CF59; Fri, 3 Dec 2021 07:38:40 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 108409CF21; Fri, 3 Dec 2021 07:36:12 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="Z/SN3Wx2"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 689E29CF21; Fri, 3 Dec 2021 07:36:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pj1-f46.google.com (mail-pj1-f46.google.com [209.85.216.46]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 949F99CE84 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2021 07:36:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pj1-f46.google.com with SMTP id gb13-20020a17090b060d00b001a674e2c4a8so806151pjb.4 for ; Thu, 02 Dec 2021 13:36:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=uPIvYqXM5mKO9qeaCRUI650G9yUpWKfWWIeMTPCElCw=; b=Z/SN3Wx2i4C6NrHqagpLw8TQW2Mz8CHCIoojuPGTQWS5k04eRfEhrS1xziDpXnJPua 9brLz+KkxCbJ3yJB3XOGqIERehsuO4ihRMdeVdfYxJy4T0z9N+X00BQ2SMuds4zkmWX9 5y1iBEunnXPbkwJJKPuJriP9Uwf2dw1ev8FZokvL3tYkJ4+ToCX8fG7JYYcoDxEuoNd3 7RYoYATzkW5b0rzEdDojsRSbNx3TdzB2kecPinwE6CjgiGGJCosJ2HY4FRVRg+2c0ztg PSH7B+Ts4jshhTB1YuWPXs8GK0IOwk1BOdHCknTYYrYxJsEvr2yTh/Vma2vDPRSZqmdv 0OUw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=uPIvYqXM5mKO9qeaCRUI650G9yUpWKfWWIeMTPCElCw=; b=V6NohaSX4diu8NjNu75iYkQ4W0oVHeVWoWIDoAoELuoS4BoRROrV4meiplmgIba0Di ysz3mjcYRgveBscMNN3I7kKfsIJBH9gEZ8HiomKW0iU0Iy+/7oWv8t7+05yk6XURdBwz YBx/LqgwfKHyofb/gVhZTasSOfD5sSqNzt31RSxXoXAxAOZ9Q91VyTfrRkHMplVHB8AS ZUuv8X2eOfvW87jPmDZw3or7qguTQ36mi62mn4zvay3QPfjOFQTQJOoaBPROiOOPpOtS 9lD8Ir9l9BfU/8sjbkbBoBx/NxKSoOUWiguoBZs9gJ1cOyLjmOavBY3nwT07OH3WnXWe G7Vg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533fMqQYm/Wm5Cv0H32qz9Kbncu2xC/9Sf2w7w9wRwijWW/05tUu LKbu14dQKklg7LfqufsYr2NcJayb1h4EW5cb/Dk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwglB6p/ScaLX+4pi6SzJOWBrQRm9J4qffXnma0yolxmo1k/XnhtHTcERTGcoclW2+LTEN6poZlwzZp1IWiZvg= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:ca81:: with SMTP id y1mr8667847pjt.231.1638480969813; Thu, 02 Dec 2021 13:36:09 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Duncan Mak Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 16:35:32 -0500 Message-ID: To: Douglas McIlroy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000002d578405d2309430" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Book Recommendation 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" --0000000000002d578405d2309430 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 12:04 PM Douglas McIlroy < douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote: > > APL is a fascinating invention, but can be so compact as to be > inscrutable. (I confess not to have practiced APL enough to become > fluent.) In the same vein, Haskell's powerful higher-level functions > make middling fragments of code very clear, but can compress large > code to opacity. Jeremy Gibbons, a high priest of functional > programming, even wrote a paper about deconstructing such wonders for > improved readability. > I went looking for this paper by Jeremy Gibbons here: https://dblp.org/pid/53/1090.html but didn't find anything resembling it. What's the name of the paper? -- Duncan. --0000000000002d578405d2309430 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at = 12:04 PM Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> wrote:

APL is a fascinating invention, but can be so compact as to be
inscrutable. (I confess not to have practiced APL enough to become
fluent.) In the same vein, Haskell's powerful higher-level functions make middling fragments of code very clear, but can compress large
code to opacity. Jeremy Gibbons, a high priest of functional
programming, even wrote a paper about deconstructing such wonders for
improved readability.

I went looking fo= r this paper by Jeremy Gibbons here:=C2=A0https://dblp.org/pid/53/1090.html but didn't find anyt= hing resembling it.

What's the name of the pap= er?

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Duncan.
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