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> (I know promises are ~technically~ not monads) Do you mean promises in general, or the concrete implementation in js? I've got it in my head that promises th

> (I know promises are ~technically~ not monads) Do you mean promises in general, or the concrete implementation in js? I've got it in my head that promises the pattern are monadic, but js stuffs it (e.g. by up by making .then() automatically flatten if the callback also returns a promise)

brundolf 6y ago
That sounds right. I'm not exactly sure
dvlsg 6y ago
Yeah that's correct. The built-in implementation of Promise violates some of the interfaces monads need to follow, including that auto flatten. But it's definitely possible to have a monadic promise (or future or whatever).