Why does Haskell have a built-in if/then/else, which is dependent on the Bool type, instead of having a simple library function? Such as
if :: Bool -> a -> a -> a
if True x _ = x
if False _ y = y
Why does Haskell have built-in "if/then/else" instead of defining it as a simple library function?
Petr
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