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29 Jul 2024 16:28:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: High theory  
From: Invisible
Date: 23 Apr 2012 09:55:50
Message: <4f955f66$1@news.povray.org>
On 23/04/2012 02:50 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 23.04.2012 12:19, schrieb Invisible:
>
>> A less abstract way to think about it is this: If you have a value like
>> x, you can put that inside a "box", which I will denote as [x]. Any
>> value can be put in a box; in particular, you can put a /box/ in a box,
>> for example [[x]].
>
> I suggest thinking outside the box... (sorry, pun definitely intended).
>
> Call it a wrapper object, and I guess we're fine.

Well, "box" is fewer letters to type. ;-)

You can take the guy out of the Haskell, but you cannot take the Haskell 
out of the guy. o_O


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