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Re:Computing the number of digits of an integer even faster by Dylan16807 on Friday June 04, 2021 @03:37PM (#27398129)
Today I learned "monadic" has two significantly different meanings in the realm of programming.

I'm only familiar with using "unary" to mean single-parameter.

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Re:Computing the number of digits of an integer even faster by Filligree on Friday June 04, 2021 @05:13PM (#27399140)
Nah, they’re pretty much the same meaning.
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Re:Computing the number of digits of an integer even faster by Dylan16807 on Friday June 04, 2021 @05:33PM (#27399309)
A monad, derived from monoid, means multiple very specific things completely unrelated to the other definition of "single parameter".

And the etymology is basically a coincidence because "mono" got used in different places, isn't it?

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Re:Computing the number of digits of an integer even faster by a1369209993 on Friday June 04, 2021 @07:14PM (#27400178)
> []completely unrelated[] to the other definition of "single parameter".

Actually, all monads are monadic functions/operators on their (usually type) parameter. Eg, 'list' is a monadic operator from element types to types of lists of those elements.

It's completely different (AFAICT), and mostly unrelated, but it's not completely unrelated.

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