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Re:Why are monoidal categories interesting? by LudwigNagasena on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @10:59AM (#19501444)
>If you have been around functional programming for a bit, you might see the word “monoid” and “categories” and wonder “oh, is julia writing about monads, like in Haskell”? I am not!!
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Re:Why are monoidal categories interesting? by yakshaving_jgt on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:26AM (#19501819)
…I don't think that answers the question.

Monoids don't come from Haskell. You'll see monoids discussed in Haskell plenty, sure, but the math precedes the programming language by at least a few decades.

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Re:Why are monoidal categories interesting? by maccam912 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @12:28PM (#19502601)
Probably true, but I know some upper level math through programming, and I associate "monoid" with Haskell and an abstract concept, but "tensor" with tensorflow and a more concrete idea.
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