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Dominic Tarr committed on 8/3/2017, 3:02:33 AMParent: afa37756e83086f1c97f3b4543d77e354cd8aa65
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1 | 1 … | # fun |
2 | 2 … | |
3 … | +functional system programming. | |
3 | 4 … | |
5 … | +Recently, a functional style of programming | |
6 … | +has become very popular in the front end. | |
7 … | +react, cycle.js, choo-choo, etc. | |
4 | 8 … | |
9 … | +At first, I was deeply skeptical, as a single | |
10 … | +shared state object seemed to throw out the idea | |
11 … | +of encapsulation. But then I started to find uses | |
12 … | +for the idea of a shared state. Encapsulation is good, | |
13 … | +but being explicit about state is also very good. | |
5 | 14 … | |
15 … | +The pattern of separating effects from state is very | |
16 … | +good for systems programming - because on of the hardest | |
17 … | +things is dealing with all the possible permutations of event | |
18 … | +orderings. If you can replay events, and generate events | |
19 … | +in different orders, it's possible to get free test coverage | |
20 … | +of possible race conditions. | |
6 | 21 … | |
22 … | +## examples | |
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7 | 24 … | ## License |
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9 | 26 … | MIT |
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