And now watch this: \begin{haskellcode} addTwo :: [Int] -> [Int] addTwo xs = map (\x -> x + 2) xs square :: [Int] -> [Int] square xs = map (\x -> x * x) xs absList :: [Int] -> [Int] absList xs = map (\x -> abs x) xs -- a haskeller would write, GHCi... absList = map abs \end{haskellcode} \pause Cool, right? So now we have abstracted out the \textbf{recursion pattern} that is all the same for those 3 functions. \hinline{map} is actually part of the standard library (called \emph{Prelude}).