Re:Effectful Haskell: IO, Monads, Functors
by mmarx on Saturday August 29, 2015 @02:54PM
(#10140982)
> Relatively common even outside Haskell?
It's common throughout mathematics. So common, in fact, that there's even a wikipedia article on the phenomenon[0].
“Common examples occur when speaking of compound mathematical objects. […] Similarly, one often refers to a group (G, \star) as simply G when the group operation is clear from context.”
It's common throughout mathematics. So common, in fact, that there's even a wikipedia article on the phenomenon[0].
“Common examples occur when speaking of compound mathematical objects. […] Similarly, one often refers to a group (G, \star) as simply G when the group operation is clear from context.”
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuse_of_notation