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Re:Why Clojure? by codygman on Thursday January 15, 2015 @04:39PM (#8895553)
I don't think I'd call the IO monad "dirty" since it's still pure. Also "dirty" make it sounds like a hack.
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Re:Why Clojure? by dllthomas on Thursday January 15, 2015 @07:24PM (#8896426)
Pure manipulation of values describing impure computation.
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Re:Why Clojure? by codygman on Thursday January 15, 2015 @07:55PM (#8896582)
Good point.
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