lists-monad tweaks

Signed-off-by: Jim Pryor <profjim@jimpryor.net>

diff --git a/list_monad_as_continuation_monad.mdwn b/list_monad_as_continuation_monad.mdwn
index 6354c40..a97e7e3 100644 (file)
--- a/list_monad_as_continuation_monad.mdwn
+++ b/list_monad_as_continuation_monad.mdwn
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ result to applying the function to the elements of the list:
 
        List.map (fun i -> [i;i+1]) [1;2] ~~> [[1; 2]; [2; 3]]
 
 
        List.map (fun i -> [i;i+1]) [1;2] ~~> [[1; 2]; [2; 3]]
 

-and List.concat takes a list of lists and erases the embedded list
+and `List.concat` takes a list of lists and erases the embedded list

 boundaries:
 
        List.concat [[1; 2]; [2; 3]] ~~> [1; 2; 2; 3]
 boundaries:
 
        List.concat [[1; 2]; [2; 3]] ~~> [1; 2; 2; 3]


@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ And sure enough,
 Now, why this unit, and why this bind?  Well, ideally a unit should
 not throw away information, so we can rule out `fun x -> []` as an
 ideal unit.  And units should not add more information than required,
 Now, why this unit, and why this bind?  Well, ideally a unit should
 not throw away information, so we can rule out `fun x -> []` as an
 ideal unit.  And units should not add more information than required,

-so there's no obvious reason to prefer `fun x -> [x,x]`.  In other
+so there's no obvious reason to prefer `fun x -> [x;x]`.  In other

 words, `fun x -> [x]` is a reasonable choice for a unit.
 
 As for bind, an `'a list` monadic object contains a lot of objects of
 words, `fun x -> [x]` is a reasonable choice for a unit.
 
 As for bind, an `'a list` monadic object contains a lot of objects of


@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ possibility is that we could gather them all up in a list, so that
 the object returned by the second argument of `bind` to always be of
 type `'b list list`.  We can eliminate that restriction by flattening
 the list of lists into a single list: this is
 the object returned by the second argument of `bind` to always be of
 type `'b list list`.  We can eliminate that restriction by flattening
 the list of lists into a single list: this is

-just List.concat applied to the output of List.map.  So there is some logic to the
+just `List.concat` applied to the output of `List.map`.  So there is some logic to the

 choice of unit and bind for the list monad.
 
 Yet we can still desire to go deeper, and see if the appropriate bind
 choice of unit and bind for the list monad.
 
 Yet we can still desire to go deeper, and see if the appropriate bind