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I think one of the most important things I learned from functional programming was how to consider and handle purity and side effects. Not necessarily by wrapp

by dvlsg 8y ago

I think one of the most important things I learned from functional programming was how to consider and handle purity and side effects. Not necessarily by wrapping everything in IO monads in my non-functional code or anything like that. But trying to keep bits of business logic in pure functions (where possible, of course) sure makes my job easier.

archarios 8y ago
Yeah but you don't have to learn Haskell to understand that
- lmm 8y ago
  It's very easy to give up in other languages. Haskell forces you to find a pure way by giving you no other alternative - and most of the time, a pure way is actually easy once you try.