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It is a stretch to suggest that Haskellers don't discuss referential transparency as much as Lispers do. It's a fundamentally important concept in writing and reasoning about Haskell programs.



There's a large "fish don't talk about the water" effect. When talking about Haskell, people talk about referential transparency, but when writing Haskell, it's very rare.




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