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0 pointspharmakom2y ago0 comments

F# calls them Computation Expressions which is far more approachable imo

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That sounds almost as vague to me as “object” does in OOP. Don’t non-monadic functions also consist of expressions that describe computations?

pharmakomOP2y ago

Everything is vague. Hell, Haskell functions are not really functions in the mathematical sense.

nequo2y ago

To me, “computation expression” is significantly more vague than “function” is in Haskell. “Seq” as was suggested by someone else here seems clearer. But I would genuinely be happy to understand the F# point of view on this better.

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nequo2y ago

That sounds almost as vague to me as “object” does in OOP. Don’t non-monadic functions also consist of expressions that describe computations?

pharmakomOP2y ago

Everything is vague. Hell, Haskell functions are not really functions in the mathematical sense.

nequo2y ago

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