While I don't love his specific strawman proposals (eg, replace "Commutative" with "OrderDoesn'tMatter"), I think he's basically onto something here. Spelling out what these concepts *mean* in practice a little more clearly (and his table of examples is wonderfully clear) would probably lower a major barrier to entry into functional programming...
Replace fancy-pants terminology
While I don't love his specific strawman proposals (eg, replace "Commutative" with "OrderDoesn'tMatter"), I think he's basically onto something here. Spelling out what these concepts *mean* in practice a little more clearly (and his table of examples is wonderfully clear) would probably lower a major barrier to entry into functional programming...
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Is anybody following me only here any more?
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Signal Boost: Affordable Housing at Assembly Square
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A Study of the Battleground
When I dubbed my current politics posts with the tag "wartime thoughts", that was not originally intended as a general statement about the…
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