Re: Re: Programming style: postfix/prefix vs. functional
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- Subject: [mg70702] Re: [mg70633] Re: [mg70587] Programming style: postfix/prefix vs. functional
- From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name>
- Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:51:16 -0400 (EDT)
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or rather, if f has attributes different than the attributes delcared in the particular Function On 10/22/06, Chris Chiasson <chris at chiasson.name> wrote: > On 10/22/06, Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl> wrote: > > Well, then, if you must have a function, how about saying that @ > > "corresponds" to #1[#2]& ? > > That is a close definition, but it doesn't quite match if f has > different attributes than Function. > > I could possibly write a MakeExpression rule that would approximate @ > (using another character without a built in meaning, obviously) in a > notebook environment, but I don't (think I) know how to write an > approximation for a console environment. > > On 10/22/06, Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl> wrote: > > 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/ > > > > > > > -- > http://chris.chiasson.name/ > -- http://chris.chiasson.name/
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- Programming style: postfix/prefix vs. functional
- From: "Will Robertson" <wspr81@gmail.com>
- Re: Programming style: postfix/prefix vs. functional
- From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris@chiasson.name>
- Programming style: postfix/prefix vs. functional