When learning higher-order concepts like monad/arrow, how much of the learning complexity is essential vs incidental?
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do you feel this article does a good job of explaining them? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monad_%28
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the problem I have with that and the one you ref is the whole time I'm thinking "why?" and the question is never answered.
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I found the Wikipedia article pretty inscrutable until I already understood.
You're totally right on the "why" front.
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this is a bit better but I still keep asking "why do all this in such a convoluted way?"
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Yeah, I get that. I don't think the convolution justifies itself most of the time.
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but the fact that many clever people make it makes me wonder which of us is missing something
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I see monads as a useful tool for understanding structural composition when I code; doesn't necessarily mean I use the word.
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