[erlang-questions] Intel Quad CPUs

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On 8 Sep 2007, at 2:12 am, Tony Finch wrote:
> I'd suggest using initial caps for type names, and omit the () except
> when the type parameter is non-trivial. (That is somewhat like the  
> Haskell type syntax.)

It would be more accurate to describe it as "as unlike the Haskell
syntax as possible".  Haskell uses the same conventions for type
(constructors/variables) as for data (constructors/variables), so to
be close to Haskell syntax, you have to use the same spelling for
type constructors as you do for constants, namely, LOWER case.  Also,
in Haskell, every type constructor is a function, so to be close to
Haskell syntax, you would have to use function notation for all
Erlang type constructors.  And behold, that's exactly what Erlang
does!  The *existing* type syntax is precisely what you get when you
apply the *principles* behind Haskell type syntax to a language with
Erlang's lexical conventions.