Sure the learning curve demands more but the payoff is worth it. Monads, despite all the tutorials out there, are not that difficult a concept... once you learn

Sure the learning curve demands more but the payoff is worth it. Monads, despite all the tutorials out there, are not that difficult a concept... once you learn it. It's frustrating to teach because of this. Like most things in mathematics it takes some effort to learn and pays off in spades. There are a ton of abstractions you get with learning monads and the rules of how they compose are consistent. It goes a long, long way. I'm better for having gotten through it. Most abstractions in other languages though? Ad-hoc mish-mash of half-baked ideas with no laws and poor specifications. Each one you learn is absolutely useless when moving to the next program. Monads are the same everywhere you go. Just like algebra.