On 8/14/07, Sebastian Sylvan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 14/08/07, Dan Piponi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Where do monads come in? > > Well I would try to distinguish between code that we write to compute > values, and values which represent monadic actions when coming up with > analogies.
How would you make that distinction? At this point I can imagine students immediately thinking that my factorial program is a recipe and wondering why it doesn't involve monads. Either you distinguish between these things in a circular way using monads (no use when teaching monads in the first place) or you have some a priori distinction that you point out to students. -- Dan _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
