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Re:Monads for functional programming (1995) [pdf] by still_grokking on Sunday May 06, 2018 @04:17PM (#17008268)
The best explanation for monads I have seen until now is this one:

http://adit.io/posts/2013-04-17-functors,_applicatives,_and_...

Enjoy! :)

Re:Monads for functional programming (1995) [pdf] by Aearnus on Sunday May 06, 2018 @04:55PM (#17008466)
Saw this post a while back, it's absolutely adorable. As someone who forgets what an applicative is sometimes, I can vouch for the fact that it really does get the idea across.
Re:Monads for functional programming (1995) [pdf] by hbk on Sunday May 06, 2018 @06:03PM (#17008840)
Thank you for that!