I remember a great quote by Bjarne Stroustrup along the lines of "people want big, loud syntax for things they are unfamiliar with and small, quiet syntax for things they are familiar with." It made me realize how arbitrary some of my opinions on language design were/are.
On the posted code, I'm totally OK with the Maybe monad, but the State monad makes me a little uneasy. If the state is an important part of the code, I want to see it! But would I feel the same way if I were more familiar with the State monad?
On the posted code, I'm totally OK with the Maybe monad, but the State monad makes me a little uneasy. If the state is an important part of the code, I want to see it! But would I feel the same way if I were more familiar with the State monad?