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RxJava and RxSwift are Reactive Programming, not Functional Reactive Programming. FRP includes behaviors and hence truly continuous values and intercepts. RP ha
by gilgoomesh 8y ago
RxJava and RxSwift are Reactive Programming, not Functional Reactive Programming. FRP includes behaviors and hence truly continuous values and intercepts. RP has to use subjects, side effects, hot and cold observables and other nonsense. They’re quite different even though most online commenters tend to be unaware that there is a difference.
- trevor-e 8y agoRxJava's Github says "RxJava is a Java VM implementation of Reactive Extensions". The Reactive Extensions website claims it is "Functional: Avoid intricate stateful programs, using clean input/output functions over observable streams." You're saying that it's not?