I see that you have invoked ire with your comment but I have to say: 1. I have never even attempted to grok Haskell 2. I read the article, noted that the author

I see that you have invoked ire with your comment but I have to say: 1. I have never even attempted to grok Haskell 2. I read the article, noted that the author never actually defined 'monad' even those he raised the question, and asked myself 'yes, but what is a monad?' 3. I was going to Google it, but decided to check these comments for some concise answer so that I might avoid some kind of Haskell rabit hole when I should be coding. I found your comment to be just what I was looking for and written quite concisely. So, thanks, and haters gonna hate.