Cyclic dependencies are evil (2013)

Re:Cyclic dependencies are evil (2013) by Smaug123 on Saturday January 30, 2021 @03:22PM (#25972602)

Could you give an example of a domain that naturally requires circular dependencies? I have been trying lately to practice seeing outside the functional-programming-tinted lenses, but I need a bit of help to do so :)

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Re:Cyclic dependencies are evil (2013) by brundolf on Saturday January 30, 2021 @03:27PM (#25972652)

I think the GP's example is pretty reasonable. And like I said, I still don't really see what this has to do with FP. Clearly F# has trouble with it, but so does C++

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Re:Cyclic dependencies are evil (2013) by Smaug123 on Saturday January 30, 2021 @03:52PM (#25972874)

I don't think the GP's example is reasonable, and nor would an SQL-writer. Could you give something I will find it harder to wriggle out of?

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