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I think the point is that these data structures can be the foundation of a pure-functional style of programming. You wouldn't drop these into an ecosystem wher

I think the point is that these data structures can be the foundation of a pure-functional style of programming. You wouldn't drop these into an ecosystem where the programmers are used to dealing with mutable structures. Now, whether using a purely functional language correlates with writing less bugs is a separate discussion, not sure what the modern consensus is.

mrkeen 3y ago
> not sure what the modern consensus is. Too good a phrase to pass up! Modern consensus is done by constructing a replicated log - an append only data-structure shared across multiple workers. It's what you use Paxos for, and it's what Raft streamlines.