Fetch doesn't actually make an HTTP call - that's the thing :) Fetch boxes a value so that the _platform_ can make an HTTP call. You couldn't implement `fetch

Fetch doesn't actually make an HTTP call - that's the thing :) Fetch boxes a value so that the _platform_ can make an HTTP call. You couldn't implement `fetch` yourself without platform APIs and you certainly couldn't do it in JavaScript without the DOM. The second suggestion you pointed (from Twitter) is exactly what you'd do in Haskell (you'd pass an IO from somewhere else). You can call it "pass an effect" if you'd like but it's the same thing :)