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Monads (infosec.pub)
submitted 12 hours ago by ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] Pyro@programming.dev 2 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Isn't your example just the builder pattern?

[–] Kache@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 minutes ago* (last edited 10 minutes ago)

Yeah, that explanation is missing the critical point of generically applying external functions through flat_map/bind

I think this is a good explanation: https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/rop/

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

A monad is a builder that lets you use previous partial results to make decisions while you build.