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authorAdam <adam@adambard.com>2013-06-28 20:53:43 -0700
committerAdam <adam@adambard.com>2013-06-28 20:53:43 -0700
commitaac147f3e930d8fabaaa79cac22ce87650cb8432 (patch)
tree29a19bb20aa57413185db3c4be911fda10a44422 /haskell.html.markdown
parent745760ff1860de4449b5ac7e540164e9645b3c0a (diff)
Use Csharp syntax highlighting for fsharp
Diffstat (limited to 'haskell.html.markdown')
-rw-r--r--haskell.html.markdown25
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/haskell.html.markdown b/haskell.html.markdown
index a5a6117f..563674c9 100644
--- a/haskell.html.markdown
+++ b/haskell.html.markdown
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ last [1..5] -- 5
-- with a conditional
[x*2 | x <- [1..5], x*2 > 4] -- [6, 8, 10]
--- Every element in a tuple can be a different type, but a tuple has a fixed length.
+-- Every element in a tuple can be a different type, but a tuple has a
+-- fixed length.
-- A tuple:
("haskell", 1)
@@ -106,11 +107,13 @@ add a b = a + b
-- Using the function
add 1 2 -- 3
--- You can also put the function name between the two arguments with backticks:
+-- You can also put the function name between the two arguments
+-- with backticks:
1 `add` 2 -- 3
--- You can also define functions that have no characters! This lets you define
--- your own operators! Here's an operator that does integer division
+-- You can also define functions that have no characters! This lets
+-- you define your own operators! Here's an operator that does
+-- integer division
(//) a b = a `div` b
35 // 4 -- 8
@@ -135,12 +138,13 @@ foo (x, y) = (x + 1, y + 2)
map func [x] = [func x]
map func (x:xs) = func x:(map func xs)
--- Anonymous functions are created with a backslash followed by all the arguments.
+-- Anonymous functions are created with a backslash followed by
+-- all the arguments.
map (\x -> x + 2) [1..5] -- [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
--- using fold (called `inject` in some languages) with an anonymous function.
--- foldl1 means fold left, and use the first value in the array as the initial
--- value for the accumulator.
+-- using fold (called `inject` in some languages) with an anonymous
+-- function. foldl1 means fold left, and use the first value in the
+-- array as the initial value for the accumulator.
foldl1 (\acc x -> acc + x) [1..5] -- 15
----------------------------------------------------
@@ -210,7 +214,7 @@ haskell = if 1 == 1
then "awesome"
else "awful"
--- case statements: Here's how you could parse command line arguments in Haskell
+-- case statements: Here's how you could parse command line arguments
case args of
"help" -> printHelp
"start" -> startProgram
@@ -280,3 +284,6 @@ qsort (p:xs) = qsort lesser ++ [p] ++ qsort greater
```
Haskell is easy to install. Get it [here](http://www.haskell.org/platform/).
+
+You can find a much gentler introduction from the excellent [Learn you a Haskell](http://learnyouahaskell.com/)
+