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I think Applicative was introduced within the last 10 years. The paper that introduced them was published in 2008 (Applicative Programming with Effects, Conor

by tome 12y ago

I think Applicative was introduced within the last 10 years. The paper that introduced them was published in 2008 (Applicative Programming with Effects, Conor McBride and Ross Paterson)

tel 12y ago
That just drives home how long it's been the case that Applicative wasn't a superclass of Monad! ;)
jordigh 12y ago
What if you count the total length of time that monads have not been "officially" applicative functors?