POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : I'm in the mood for monads : Re: I'm in the mood for monads Server Time
29 Jul 2024 10:27:32 EDT (-0400)
  Re: I'm in the mood for monads  
From: Darren New
Date: 25 Apr 2012 23:42:10
Message: <4f98c412$1@news.povray.org>
On 4/25/2012 13:01, Warp wrote:
>    But what's the advantage in having only one-argument functions?

The same advantage as not having writable code and only having a linear tape 
gives to Turing machines. It makes the math easier, is all. You're not 
supposed to actually *compute* with it, any more than you're supposed to run 
business logic on a TM.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Oh no! We're out of code juice!"
   "Don't panic. There's beans and filters
    in the cabinet."


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