>> I have a better question:
>>
>> How do you pronounce "fib = 1 : 1 : zipWith (*) fib (tail fib)" in 
>> such a way that
>>
>> 1. the person hearing you will know exactly which expression you're 
>> describing, and
> 
> I'd say
> fib equals one colon one colon zipwith operator star fib paren tail fib 
> end paren.

I tend to just use "open" and "close". (Especially for Haskell - surely 
only Lisp itself has more brackets!)

PS. I can't believe Warp hasn't pointed out the obvious error yet...

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