This seems to be the Haskell equivalent

[biozic]

Le 22/12/09 05:24, Walter Bright a écrit :
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> That definition is what was discussed in this thread and alleged to be
>> anything but beautiful.
>
> I've been in museums in europe where they proudly display ornate swords
> and armor as "beautiful". I always kinda thought otherwise, because all
> that decoration and encrustation was not what the weapon was for. More
> interesting were the weapons with a single minded deadliness to them. I
> suppose it's the engineer in me <g>.

Maybe it's just that these museums don't give the complete argument: 
there were times when a "beautiful" jewel-encrusted sword was more 
powerful a weapon than a sharp-designed one. Showing off wealth and 
influential social position could avoid a physical fight... :)