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Re:Did Functional Programming Get It Wrong (Part 2) – Minecr... by reinman on Saturday July 02, 2022 @08:30AM (#31958489)
Crafting is particularly useful in testing

For example, suppose you just need to isolate and test a function but you won't want to manually write a test harness

A crafting system could build the upstream dependencies and then deliver you the results - no code changes needed

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Re:Did Functional Programming Get It Wrong (Part 2) – Minecr... by reinman on Saturday July 02, 2022 @08:32AM (#31958496)
Yes anything that says "Functional Programming" in the title tends to attract a certain type of developer tackling a certain type of problem, usually program verification etc.

Not mainstream programming for sure

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