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The type hints for the compiler, and the informal Hindley Milner type signature comments for the human reader serve two entirely different purposes, and are not at all in tension with each other. As the useful notes on this JS project point out https://github.com/ramda/ramda/wiki/Type-Signatures comments/annotation of this kind have become a kind of language-independent standard in functional programming generally. In some projects, like Purescript, they do have a role in compilation as well as providing clarity for the reader, but in other projects, like Ramda, they are entirely for the reader, and simply serve to summarise the semantics of the function in a brief and relatively standardized way. No need to deprive the reader of them simply on grounds of tribal shibboleth zealotry, border patrolling, or heresiology. A comment is just a comment. :-) [[User:Hout|Hout]] ([[User talk:Hout|talk]]) 23:05, 26 October 2018 (UTC) |
The type hints for the compiler, and the informal Hindley Milner type signature comments for the human reader serve two entirely different purposes, and are not at all in tension with each other. As the useful notes on this JS project point out https://github.com/ramda/ramda/wiki/Type-Signatures comments/annotation of this kind have become a kind of language-independent standard in functional programming generally. In some projects, like Purescript, they do have a role in compilation as well as providing clarity for the reader, but in other projects, like Ramda, they are entirely for the reader, and simply serve to summarise the semantics of the function in a brief and relatively standardized way. No need to deprive the reader of them simply on grounds of tribal shibboleth zealotry, border patrolling, or heresiology. A comment is just a comment. :-) [[User:Hout|Hout]] ([[User talk:Hout|talk]]) 23:05, 26 October 2018 (UTC) |
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== Can we turn down the heat somewhat? == |
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I would prefer if discussions here would focus on the programming issues instead of on tangential issues such as the people expressing the viewpoints. |
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We all have different viewpoints - this is a necessary condition of life - but I think (on rosettacode) we'd all be better served if we could focus on the code itself. |
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Mind you, I also understand that coding standards can achieve religious significance for some people. But, there, it's probably better to link to relevant documentation of the standards than it is to try to recap those standards here. |
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We're not going to achieve perfection here. But we've got bigger problems to be dealing with than differing perspectives. (For example: all too often, code from here doesn't work, either because of copy/paste issues, version drift, unexplained and unknown assumptions or other similar details which might have escaped the author's notice). |
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(Hopefully the way I've said this here isn't too terse or too off-base to express the concept?) |
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Thanks. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 23:08, 26 October 2018 (UTC) |
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