writeln, UFCS and flip

[Tyro[17]]

On 4/26/13 5:09 PM, Tyro[17] wrote:
> On 4/26/13 4:15 PM, bearophile wrote:
>> Tyro[17]:
>>
>>> > While flip2 does:
>>> >
>>> > flip2!foo(a, b, c) === foo(b, a, c)
>>> > flip2!foo(a, b, c, d) === foo(b, a, c, d)
>>>
>>> and this rotate....
>>
>> Really? Just swapping the first two arguments and leaving the others at
>> their place is for a "rotate"?
>>
>
> Actually, by brain was thinking it but my eyes saw something completely
> different. You are correct, this what I would expect flip to do. Thanks.
>
>>> Why flip in the first place?
>>
>> I don't know, it's the name used in the Haskell Prelude.
>>
>> Bye,
>> bearophile
>

With that clarification, I just have one more question, since flip does 
what is intuitively implied by a reverse function and flip2 does what is 
intuitively implied by a flip function, why not name them as such? 
Understand the Haskell influence and all but, influence notwithstanding, 
this is D so why not designate functions in a manner that intuitively 
imply functionality?

I would expect a flip and flip2 if both accomplish the exact same thing 
but both outperforms the other in certain scenarios thus warranting both 
to be present.

Andrew