> Also, point-free style is nice, but it is easily and often abused, leading to unreadable code.
That's why it's called point-less style. It's too seductive.
> Many people would argue the same of Haskell. So much semantics are encoded in the particular operators, monads, functors, monad transformers, arrows being used, that they are hidden from plain sight.
In a sense. But at least Haskell is parseable. And overloading is only done in a very systematic manner. So if something fishy's going on, you at least see strange symbols you haven't seen before.
That's why it's called point-less style. It's too seductive.
> Many people would argue the same of Haskell. So much semantics are encoded in the particular operators, monads, functors, monad transformers, arrows being used, that they are hidden from plain sight.
In a sense. But at least Haskell is parseable. And overloading is only done in a very systematic manner. So if something fishy's going on, you at least see strange symbols you haven't seen before.