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Re:Math topics useful for computer science/programming by j2kun on Sunday April 20, 2014 @03:17PM (#7618113)
The importance of structure preserving mappings shows up in many other places besides functional programming. I do believe context is important, but having multiple contexts is even better.
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Re:Math topics useful for computer science/programming by nmrm on Sunday April 20, 2014 @09:02PM (#7619146)
> but having multiple contexts is even better.

Given the investment necessary to make this jump, I believe that the benefit outweighs the cost for most.

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Re:Math topics useful for computer science/programming by j2kun on Monday April 21, 2014 @09:30AM (#7620927)
You don't need to teach category theory proper to get the idea. So I think we are in agreement :)
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