Side-Effects Are the Complexity Iceberg [video] (2024) (opens in new tab)

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11 pointsawei10mo ago4 comments

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Side effects are one type of complexity. You can make an indecipherable pure program too.

aweiOP10mo ago

But is it maybe the difference between complicated, which indecipherable definitely is, and complex, in the sense of composed of many things?

immibis10mo ago

You don't think a pure functional program can be composed of many things?

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immibis10mo ago

Side effects are one type of complexity. You can make an indecipherable pure program too.

aweiOP10mo ago

But is it maybe the difference between complicated, which indecipherable definitely is, and complex, in the sense of composed of many things?

immibis10mo ago

You don't think a pure functional program can be composed of many things?

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