Re:Why are monoidal categories interesting?
by yakshaving_jgt on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:26AM
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…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.
Re:Why are monoidal categories interesting?
by maccam912 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @12:28PM
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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.
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.