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I don't think anyone ever struggled with sum types (or at least, I hope not), they associated them with things like Haskell's monads, which are less commonly ac

I don't think anyone ever struggled with sum types (or at least, I hope not), they associated them with things like Haskell's monads, which are less commonly accessible (though they're undeserving of their reputation too). The hate was a little silly, but algebraic data types are clearly just an extension of the concepts everyone already knew.

morelisp 4y ago
> I don't think anyone ever struggled with sum types... algebraic data types are clearly just an extension of the concepts everyone already knew. You're definitely in a bubble.