petition to ban all uses of the word "functor" other than the category theoretic sense
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I always say ‘module function’ when talking about ML module systems. I hope that this is less confusing!
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I have no idea what an ML module system is :( I tried to learn ocaml once and got upset at its verbose syntax and USE OF GODFORSAKEN EXCEPTIONS
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Yeah OCaml is a bit goofy in many ways. ML-modules are a super nice way of making interfaces though! But the terminology and syntax they use is often… frustratingly obtuse.
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