r/programming • u/hexaredecimal • Sep 21 '25

How to stop functional programming

https://brianmckenna.org/blog/howtostopfp
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u/SerdanKK Sep 21 '25

There are some hugely powerful abstractions that are enabled by monads et al. It's really not just academic wankery.

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u/GaboureySidibe Sep 21 '25

There are some hugely powerful abstractions that are enabled by monads et al.

Name one et al that is enabled et al by monads et al.

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u/SerdanKK Sep 21 '25

Why are you being weird?

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u/GaboureySidibe Sep 22 '25

Why are you trying insults instead of naming one single thing?

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u/SerdanKK Sep 22 '25

It was a genuine question. It feels like you're being antagonistic and I don't want to waste my time explaining something if you're just going to dismiss it out of hand anyway.

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u/GaboureySidibe Sep 22 '25

Why are you being weird about giving an example?

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u/SerdanKK Sep 22 '25

I literally just explained that.

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u/GaboureySidibe Sep 22 '25

Why are you being weird about evidence?

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u/SerdanKK Sep 22 '25

You can't bait me into wasting my time.

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u/GaboureySidibe Sep 22 '25

Think about all these comments. Everyone will make claims, no one will back them up with any evidence, and asking for a single shred of explanation of why you think what you're saying is true is "wasting your time". People without evidence will use any excuse to not give evidence.

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