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Re:I learned Haskell in just 15 years by fire_lake on Monday June 17, 2024 @07:04AM (#40704359)
> maybe if so many functions return optional values then it is going to be too much of a pain to use

I strongly believe that there is a point in the PL design space that makes optionals everywhere usable. Maybe Haskell can still be the language that delivers this.

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Re:I learned Haskell in just 15 years by tome on Monday June 17, 2024 @07:21AM (#40704461)
To plug my own solution, my effect system Bluefin makes exceptions visible in the type, well-scoped, and also freely composable with all other effects:

https://hackage.haskell.org/package/bluefin-0.0.3.0/docs/Blu...

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