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Re: Re: Programming style: postfix/prefix vs. functional

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• Subject: [mg70685] Re: [mg70633] Re: [mg70587] Programming style: postfix/prefix vs. functional
• From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
• Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:50:11 -0400 (EDT)

Well, then, if you must have a function, how about saying that @  
"corresponds" to #1[#2]& ? While it is not a built-in function, it  
does satisfy the relationship

f@x === #1[#2]&[f,x]

??

Andrzej


On 22 Oct 2006, at 20:08, Chris Chiasson wrote:

> On 10/22/06, Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl> wrote:
>> Why
>> does it matter whether something "corresponds" to a "function applied
>> at some particular level" or is "just a shorthand" for some
>> particular expression?
>
> I have wondered about it for a long time. I am just hoping to nail
> down a definitive answer to improve my Mathematica knowledge.
>
> -- 
> http://chris.chiasson.name/