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> 10 lines of Haskell can take hours of mindfuck trying to peer through the functor and monad operators, Please stop. Can you even come up with one example tha
by codygman 11y ago
> 10 lines of Haskell can take hours of mindfuck trying to peer through the functor and monad operators,
Please stop. Can you even come up with one example that supports this? Alright, now how about 10 lines from a "real world"* Haskell project.
*real world meaning has at least 1 user besides it's developer
- saurik 11y agoI think the more important counter-argument is "that ten lines of assembly just barely did one thing; the ten lines of Haskell was most of the program: clearly it will be easier for you to understand a single wire or switch than to understand an entire computer, but that isn't a valuable insight".
- codygman 11y agoHyperbole (if that is what the commenter was using and didn't seriously think it) should be used carefully when it reinforces stereotypes that are so damaging.