F# - not on german keyboards

Jun 07, 2009

Whoever designed F# did certainly not have a german programmer in mind. Or how would you explain this

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(* Print even fibs *)
[1 .. 10]
|> List.map     fib
|> List.filter  (fun n -> (n mod 2) = 0)
|> printlist

The pipe on a German Mac keyboard is <Alt> + <7>, which in itself ok; but directly followed by a '>' - which is <ShiftAlt> + <the key right next to shift> is absolute nightmare for anyone with delicate bones in the left wrist. RSS: you nearly got me, but then I still prefer other functional languages.

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