samvrlewis

git rev-list --no-merges "${1:-HEAD}" |   while read rev; do     echo "$(git show -s --format='%b' $rev | wc -w) words: $rev";   done |     sort -rn | head -6 | cut -f2 -d: | xargs -I{} git rev-list --pretty=medium {} --max-count=1

dvdsgl

A monad is a fancy word for a generic type of the form MyMonad<T> (a generic type of arity 1).

A monad is special because it adds 'special powers' to the T that it wraps. These 'special powers' won't sound very special to an imperative programmer, so you have to squint to see them but bear with me.

• IEnumerable<T> is a monad that gives values of type T the special power of nondeterminism, or the ability to 'be' multiple values at once.
• Nullable<T> is a monad that gives values of type T the special power of nullability, or the ability to be absent.
• Task<T> is a monad that gives values of type T the special power of asynchronicity, or the ability to be used before they are computed.

The trick with monads comes when you want to play with the T values, because they are inside another type. C# introduced language changes to make dealing with values inside these monads easier:

rtomayko

In response to all the responses to:

http://twitter.com/rtomayko/status/1155906157

You should never do this in a source file included with your library,
app, or tests:

    require 'rubygems'

The system I use to manage my $LOAD_PATH is not your library/app/tests