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These definitions don't really give you the idea, rather often just code examples.. "The ideas", in my view: Monoid = units that can be joined together Functor = context for running a single-input function Applicative = context for multi-input functions Monad = context for sequence-dependent operations Lifting = converting from one context to another Sum type = something is either A or B or C.. Product type = a record = something is both A and B and C Partial…
May be worth to mention a 'Functor' in OCaml is a different kind of beast than the 'Functor' explained in this article (which is ~ the Haskell Functor type-class).
Seriously, what's up with these comments? If the examples are plain wrong, wouldn't it be more prudent to create an issue in the repo? Also it seems to be a lot of hate for the use of JavaScript. It's a great thing that they chose the most widely available language. We get it, you know a purely functional language. Good for you! I am really disappointed in the general, holier-than-thou attitude here.
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- Breakout years
- 3
- Total points
- 1262
- Total comments
- 386
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-23 | Functional Programming Jargon | charlieegan3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016-07-24 | Functional Programming JargonFirst breakout | adamnemecek | 339 | 103 |
| 2017-11-07 | Functional Programming Jargon | charliejrgower | 359 | 99 |
| 2019-02-26 | Jargon from the functional programming world in simple terms | pplonski86 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-01-25 | Functional Programming Jargon | pretext | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-07-01 | Functional programming jargon in plain EnglishHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | mgliwka | 557 | 184 |