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Functional programming and OCaml koans (eigenclass.org)
24 points by gtani on Aug 26, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



These are really good :-)


The last one is an excellent jab at devotees of dynamically typed languages.

Neat submission. Copied and saved!


Uh, it was a jab at Haskell & lazy evaluation:

> He plunged into deep meditation in the middle of conversations

...forcing a large complicated thunk in the middle of a simple function definition

> could not help waking up late in the morning

...all expressions are suspended by default

> and failed to do his chores in a timely manner.

...evaluation is delayed.

> "You must go back to your strict ways."

...the opposite of "strict" being "lazy", in FP terms.

The comments confirm it, the "H___ temple" being the Haskell community.




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