# HG changeset patch # User HackBot # Date 1357951893 0 # Node ID e156f3f50bd8a0b30528ce7dc57fae563d467dc4 # Parent d67f00ed852a97006ad8172e4c0c8ece81bf629d echo "Monads are like when you and a friend are trying to have a conversation about a mutual friend." >> wisdom/monad_analogies diff -r d67f00ed852a -r e156f3f50bd8 wisdom/monad_analogies --- a/wisdom/monad_analogies Sat Jan 12 00:50:22 2013 +0000 +++ b/wisdom/monad_analogies Sat Jan 12 00:51:33 2013 +0000 @@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ Think of a monad as a spacesuite full of nuclear waste in the ocean next to a container of apples. now, you can't put oranges in the space suite or the nucelar waste falls in the ocean, but the apples are carried around anyway, and you just take what you need. All space stations must put their astronauts into space suits before sending them out. Monads are just monoids in the category of endofunctors. +Monads are like when you and a friend are trying to have a conversation about a mutual friend.