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Re:C++17: I See a Monad in Your Future by Dewie on Thursday February 27, 2014 @04:41PM (#7315316)
Math has a tradition of one-letter names. I mean who in their right mind would name anything with rich semantics as just a, b, c, or x, y, z, or B, C, D... Oh wait...
Re:C++17: I See a Monad in Your Future by bjz_ on Thursday February 27, 2014 @06:55PM (#7316249)
We are talking about the names of algebraic structures, not symbols in equations.
Re:C++17: I See a Monad in Your Future by Dewie on Friday February 28, 2014 @02:36AM (#7317606)
It was a joke. Notice the letters B, C, D... do they look familiar?