[Haskell-cafe] Monads

[Kristopher Micinski]

On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Jake McArthur <jake.mcarthur at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sep 30, 2012 10:56 AM, "Albert Y. C. Lai" <trebla at vex.net> wrote:
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>> On 12-09-29 09:57 PM, Vasili I. Galchin wrote:
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>>>          I would an examples of monads that are pure, i.e. no
>>> side-effects.
>>
>>
>> What does "side effect" mean, to you? Definition?
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> When discussing monads, at least, a side effect is an effect that is
> triggered by merely evaluating an expression. A monad is an interface that
> decouples effects from evaluation.
>

Ohh, I like that quote.., that's another good one..

kris