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20:56 _W_: jamesgolick, if you're giving a talk, perhaps you should use a language you know better as an example language?
20:57 _W_: jamesgolick, still, java probably shouldn't be one of those
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20:57 jamesgolick: _W_: afraid I'll give Java a bad name?
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20:57 _W_: afraid people who actually know java will laugh at you

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20:44 jamesgolick: I'm trying to write a maybe monad ... I realize it's not possible to write one that is entirely generic... any pointers? something already written would be great :-)
20:45 surial: As in, a maybe object that includes support to run a code block but only if the Maybe holds a some?
20:45 surial: ~functionaljava
20:45 javabot: surial, functionaljava is a library to provide common types from functional programming in Java 5.0, the BGGA prototype for Java 7 and for Scala - http://functionaljava.org/
20:45 surial: I bet there's something in there.
20:47 surial: Hmm.. no Maybe.
20:47 surial: I really thought it was in there.
20:47 jamesgolick: surial: man it is insanely hard to write in java
20:47 surial: Well, if you are willing to work with anon.inner class limits, I think you can cook one up, no?
20:47 jamesgolick: hmm, using that syntax, maybe
20:48 jamesgolick: I was thinking more like: Maybe.try(object, "methodName", args[])
20:48 jamesgolick: but, anon inner class would work better... been a long time since I java'd
20:49 surial: "methodName"? why in fuck's fine name would you do something that stupid?
20:49 surial: It's java.
20:49 surial: It's not fucking python.