For those like me who find it hard to think outside the imperative programming box, Eric Lippert's series of articles is good. http://ericlippert.com/2013/02/2

For those like me who find it hard to think outside the imperative programming box, Eric Lippert's series of articles is good. http://ericlippert.com/2013/02/21/monads-part-one/ http://ericlippert.com/2013/02/21/monads-part-one/ A lot of Monad articles like to explain 'what' without first establishing 'why' (IMHO)