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C9 Lectures: Dr. Erik Meijer - Functional Programming Fundamentals, Chapter 2 of 13

In Chapter 2, Dr. Meijer introduces Haskell syntax and notation (via a Haskell implementation called Hugs, to be precise, which is based on Haskell 98) and we learn about the Haskell syntax that represents the fundamental construct of functional programming:
functions. It's not like you're used to in mathematics like f(x). Instead, in Haskell, a function is denoted without parentheses:
f x. So, given the almost OCD requirement by Haskell language designers to eliminate
any unnecessary clutter in the language, parentheses are replaced by space. Also, in mathematics, you're accustomed to multiplication expressed either as xy or x y. In Haskell, since space denotes a function, multiplication is denoted with a *, like
x*y...

You should watch these in sequence (or skip around depending on your curent level of knowledge in this domain):

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13

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