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Agree. Too often descriptions of monads assume that the reader has no formal math training whatsoever and do a lot of handwaving, diagrams, examples, etc. witho
by cool_dude85 5y ago
Agree. Too often descriptions of monads assume that the reader has no formal math training whatsoever and do a lot of handwaving, diagrams, examples, etc. without actually providing a useful definition. This post is the exact opposite.
- the_only_law 5y agoThe closest I’ve come to understanding monads is the Wikipedia page on them (in the functional programming context, there’s also a separate monad page in the context of category theory specifically which is a lot more jargon heavy) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monad_(functional_programming) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monad_(functional_programmin...
- bidirectional 5y agoYes, it's also opposite in terms of its correctness.