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diff --git a/translating_between_OCaml_Scheme_and_Haskell.mdwn b/translating_between_OCaml_Scheme_and_Haskell.mdwn
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+++ b/translating_between_OCaml_Scheme_and_Haskell.mdwn
@@ -385,7 +385,9 @@ We will however try to give some general advice about how to translate between O
 
 ##Records##
 
-Haskell and OCaml both have `records`, which are essentially just tuples with a pretty interface. The syntax for declaring and using these is a little bit different in the two languages.
+Haskell and OCaml both have `records`, which are essentially just tuples with a pretty interface. We introduced these in the wiki notes [here](/coroutines_and_aborts/).
+
+The syntax for declaring and using these is a little bit different in the two languages.
 
 *	In Haskell one says:
 
@@ -432,7 +434,7 @@ Haskell and OCaml both have `records`, which are essentially just tuples with a
 
 	In OCaml:
 
-		let { red = r; green = g } = c
+		let { red = r; green = g; _ } = c
 		in r
 
 	In Haskell:
@@ -446,11 +448,37 @@ Haskell and OCaml both have `records`, which are essentially just tuples with a
 
 	In OCaml it's:
 
-		# let makegray ({red = r} as c) = { c with green=r; blue=r };;
+		# let makegray ({ red = r; _ } as c) = { c with green=r; blue=r };;
 		val makegray : color -> color = <fun>
 		# makegray { red = 0; green = 127; blue = 255 };;
 		- : color = {red = 0; green = 0; blue = 0}
 
+*	Records just give your types a pretty interface; they're entirely dispensable. Instead of:
+
+		type color = { red : int; green : int; blue : int };;
+		let c = { red = 0; green = 127; blue = 255 };;
+		let r = c.red;;
+
+	You could instead just use a more familiar data constructor:
+
+		type color = Color of (int * int * int);;
+		let c = Color (0, 127, 255);;
+	
+	and then extract the field you want using pattern-matching:
+
+		let Color (r, _, _) = c;;
+		(* or *)
+		match c with Color (r, _, _) -> ...
+
+	(Or you could just use bare tuples, without the `Color` data constructor.)
+
+	The record syntax only exists because programmers sometimes find it more convenient to say:
+
+		... c.red ...
+
+	than to reach for those pattern-matching constructions.
+
+
 
 ##Functions##