On Jan 3, 2:46 am, googlegro...@khinsen.fastmail.net wrote: > I probably use monad more than the average programme in my own code, > but that's also because I happen to be familiar with them. I could > very well live with fewer monads in my code. But once you know monads, > they appear magically everywhere you look ;-)
Big +1 to that. I've submitted a talk to ClojureWest that partly touches on how to use monads in Clojure. Basically, monads are like design patterns for writing DSL's. Other than that, while they don't let you do anything you couldn't do in other ways, I really like how they eliminate the need for dealing with state held in symbols. I've found that testing is easier and code is cleaner using them. For instance, I showed how a state monad could be used in Chris Granger's Korma library. https://github.com/ibdknox/Korma/pull/35 Jim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
