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[Frank Atanassow]

G Murali wrote (on 09-03-01 00:43 +0000):
> I'm new to this monads stuff.. can you tell me what it is simply ?
> an example would be highly appreciated.. i want it is very very simple terms 
> please..

A monad on category C is a monoid in the category of endofunctors on C.

Is that simple enough? ;)

No? Then see "Using Monads" at http://haskell.org/bookshelf/

(Sorry, I just couldn't resist!)

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