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Arrow (computer science)

In computer science, arrows or bolts are a type class used in computer programming to describe computations in a pure and declarative fashion. First proposed by computer scientist John Hughes as a generalization of monads, arrows provide a referentially transparent way to express relationships between logical steps in a computation. Unlike monads, arrows…

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Arrow (computer science)

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Avg. degree1.97
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arrows arrow monads functions laws must programming pure code also types function used first use category categories equivalent program piping

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arrow calculus requiring only five lawsinstance ofwith recent formulations0.80text
Generalized Arrowsinstance ofand extensions0.80text
N-ary FRP explore these problems.Much of the utility of arrows is subsumed by more general classes likeprofunctorinstance ofand extensions0.80text

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