Tillmann Rendel wrote:
Achim Schneider wrote:
In other words:
1) Explain Pointed
2) Explain Functor
3) Explain Applicative
4) Explain Monad
Why Pointed first? Functor seems more useful and more basic.
They are in order of power: every monad is an applicative; every
applicative is a functor; every functor is pointed.
Though I can't think of any non-functor pointiness at the moment.
Martijn.
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