Talk:Data.Semigroup
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The page says `stimes` applies the binary operation `x` times, while in fact, the binary operation is applied `x-1` times to `x` elements in total. In the example `3 * 3 * 3 * 3`, `*` is applied three times (not four), to four elements. Here is what the page currently (Jan, 2020) says:
stimes :: Integral b => b -> a -> a
- Given a number
xand a value of typea, apply<>to the valuextimes.
stimes 4 (Product 3) -- with the type "Product a" "<>" becomes "*"
-- returns: Product {getProduct = 81}
-- This is because (3 <> 3 <> 3 <> 3) == (3 * 3 * 3 * 3) == 81
-- i.e. 3 multiplied by itself 4 times.