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Re:When Does Point-Free Notation Make Code More Readable? by ape4 on Friday September 29, 2017 @10:44AM (#15365708)
So point-free avoids the parameters. Why not call it parameter-free. Or argument-free.
Re:When Does Point-Free Notation Make Code More Readable? by lmm on Friday September 29, 2017 @10:51AM (#15365776)
The concept originated in topology, where the parameters to your functions are points (in a space).
Re:When Does Point-Free Notation Make Code More Readable? by jeremy_wiebe on Friday September 29, 2017 @10:46AM (#15365733)
Agreed. I thought I was going to read about message passing styles a la Objective C.