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I never really gave it that much thought but I guess we use extensive category theory as well in our code base via RxJava and our own functional abstractions. I
by agentgt 11y ago
I never really gave it that much thought but I guess we use extensive category theory as well in our code base via RxJava and our own functional abstractions. IMO modern Java both code and design really has been going in that direction for some time (Guava, RxJava, Java 8, reactive programming etc). I think it boils down to the fact that composition of async things without functor like behavior is a rough. That is I want to say how the process should be but not actually run the process and delegate that to something else.
- chas 11y agoYes! This isn't an accident. Erik Meijer, who contributed extensively to the Reactive Framework at Microsoft, has been very vocal about his use of category theory for software design. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMP6gI5mLHc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMP6gI5mLHc) He currently runs Applied Duality which is uses category theory as its guiding design principle (http://www.applied-duality.com/ http://www.applied-duality.com/)