Of course, to say "<" ++ tag ++ ">" is very ugly, so you'd want to write it as angle tag. angle is a function? How is it implemented? In typical function programming style:

angle :: String -> String angle s = surround "<" ">" s {- This can, in "points free" style, be written: angle = surround "<" ">" -- look ma, no explicit variable! -} surround :: String -> String -> String -> String surround start end text = start ++ text ++ end -- The idea is to reuse surround: quote = surround "'" "'" bracket = surround "[" "]" braces = surround "{" "}" ... etc.
But this is straying off-topic for this site...

In reply to Re^2: Currying--useful examples? by gaal
in thread Currying--useful examples? by macrobat

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