[plt-scheme] Scheme sources readability

From: hendrik at topoi.pooq.com (hendrik at topoi.pooq.com)
Date: Mon Sep 8 11:08:40 EDT 2008

On Sun, Sep 07, 2008 at 06:55:06PM +0100, Noel Welsh wrote:
> 
> There are still patterns in Scheme and other functional languages.
> E.g. fold, zipper, monad etc. Often they are published as "Functional
> Pearls".  Generally we try to replace patterns with code.

The strength of Scheme is that this usually can be done in the abstract, 
said patterns being invoked with parameters to use them.
The further strength is that you can use patterns without doing this, if 
it is easier or clearer.

-- hendrik


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