SICP seems to be the origin of the "functional programming is only good for math" meme. :/
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Indeed, it’s a serious flaw. This is why How to Design Programs was created. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_de
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It does get much less math-y from mid-§2 on. But yes, it’s a big turn-off for many new readers. :/
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I don't mind it, I enjoy math and number theory (although I know way less than )
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Example of math-y concept whose utility I only recently grasped: Church numerals. (w.r.t. types)
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I grokked the encoding but I think the lightbulb moment was you & talking about numeral literals in Haskell types.
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yuuup. & I went through implementing + as not a builtin using them last night
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Haha oh man and I basically did the same thing a couple hours ago. :D
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