[Haskell-cafe] Before

[Henning Thielemann]

On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Jonathan Cast wrote:

> On Monday 02 July 2007, Andrew Coppin wrote:
> > What were monads like before they became a Haskell language construct?
> >
> > Is Haskell's idea of a "monad" actually anywhere close to the original
> > mathematical formalism?
> >
> > Just being randomly curiose...
>
> Curiosity can be a dangerous thing . . .
>
> Short answer: they're equivalent, or rather, Haskell monads are equivalent to
> what Haskellers would naturally write when translating mathematical monads
> into Haskell. ...

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