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I'm productive in Haskell and I don't know category theory. I didn't "learn" monads specifically, I used them in my projects and gained an intuition for monads
by codygman 12y ago
I'm productive in Haskell and I don't know category theory. I didn't "learn" monads specifically, I used them in my projects and gained an intuition for monads followed by memorizing the 3 monad laws.
- dllthomas 12y agoWhat distinction are you making between "learning monads" and "gaining an intuition for monads and memorizing the 3 monad laws"?
- codygman 12y agoContinuing to use Haskell for practical things even though you may not totally understand monads. But besides that, yeah... same difference 😉
- coldtea 12y agoThe distinction that memorizing 3 simple rules is not exactly a deep understanding of category theory.
- dllthomas 12y agoI wasn't asking for any distinction from "a deep understanding of category theory". Neither "learning monads" nor "memorizing 3 rules and building intuition" stands a chance of being identical to that, though.