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Re:Ask HN: How to be fluent in functional language speak? by bojo on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @12:10PM (#23092682)
You've definitely got the right intuition.

"associative": (a + b) + c == a + (b + c)

"binary": f a b == a `f` b == a + b where f is addition

"identity element": the "empty" value which when paired with a second value, returns the second value as is

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