haskellconstructreferential

Does Haskell has the concept "construct" like C and ML language?


This wiki page: https://wiki.haskell.org/Referential_transparency talks about "C and ML are languages with constructs that are not referentially transparent." My question is, what is "Constructs"? Is it an abstract concept? Thanks.


Solution

  • "Construct" is being used as a general noun for things that can be constructed in those languages. You could use "thing" instead without really changing the meaning: C and ML contain things that are not referentially transparent.