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12Dec06

16:20:11 [Botje] monads have to be the singly most tutorialized feature _EVER_ 16:20:17 [monochrom] Why would such a mathematical, abstract tool attract so many popular science authors who do not explain the tool in its mathematical, abstract term? (from #haskell@irc.freenode.net) Monads are certainly the single most visible feature of Haskell. Being the standard tool to […]

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