Blackkettle » programming http://blog.blackkettle.org Things of Occasional Interest Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:03:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Best explanation of monads I’ve seen yet http://blog.blackkettle.org/2009/05/14/best-explanation-of-monads-ive-seen-yet/ http://blog.blackkettle.org/2009/05/14/best-explanation-of-monads-ive-seen-yet/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 07:50:47 +0000 alex http://blog.blackkettle.org/?p=98 I stumbled on this today. I don’t know why, but I’ve always had a block over what the word “monad” actually means, and how the bind and return operations map to that meaning.

In the linked StackOverflow post, there is a single sentence that fixes the problem:

An alternative term is computation builder which is a bit more descriptive of what they are actually useful for.

Ah-ha! The rest of the post is made up of some great examples. Go read if you’re as confused as I was.

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