Comment by Joker_vD

> about being able to transform the output using functions.

Can't one always use functions to transform other functions' outputs?

> If your static analyzer is a function, you could now write `fmap staticAnalyzer myParser`.

rolls eyes

    def compile(text):
        ast = parse(text)
        ir, symtable = static_analyze(ast)
        asm = lower(ir, symtable)
        return assemble(asm)

Ability to write that in the point-free style is really not that important, IMHO.