Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> I think Haskell is line oriented. Commands end at the end of lines. 
> 
>   What happens if the expression is very long? For example, a function
> could take a large amount of parameters, all of which are long expressions
> using long variable names.

Put each argument on a seperate line, indented further than the function 
name.

   foo
     arg1
     arg2
     arg3

>   I think I'm starting to understand *why* Haskell people prefer using
> short and cryptic variable names rather than long and clear ones: If they
> did the latter, they would run out of space in their limited lines... :P

Heh. Haskell programs *do* tend to end up with pretty long lines, that's 
for sure. ;-)

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