I have quite a detailed discussion of this concept, and related concepts, in Section 2.8 of my PhD thesis ( https://www.cs.tcd.ie/Edsko.de.Vries/pub/MakingUniquenessTypingLessUnique-screen.pdf ).
-E On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Kim-Ee Yeoh <k...@atamo.com> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Henning Thielemann > <lemm...@henning-thielemann.de> wrote: > > Can someone enlighten me about the origin of the term "referential > > transparency"? I can lookup the definition of "referential transparency" > in > > the functional programming sense in the Haskell Wiki and I can lookup the > > meaning of "reference" and "transparency" in a dictionary, but I don't > know > > why these words were chosen as name for this defined property. > > Instead of a immaculately precise definition, may I suggest going > about it from the practical benefits POV? RT matters so much in > Haskell because of the engineering leverage it gives us. Bird's Pearls > are a good source of Why Equational Reasoning Matters. > > -- Kim-Ee > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >
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