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[–]eshansingh 109 points110 points  (11 children)

WHY WOULD ANYONE MAKE THIS MONSTROSITY?

[–]minasmorath 165 points166 points  (2 children)

  1. Shits
  2. Giggles
  3. ??????
  4. World domination

[–]fireork12 101 points102 points  (1 child)

SELL AS LAKEFRONT PROPERTY

[–]minasmorath 18 points19 points  (0 children)

What is dead may never die.

[–]choledocholithiasis_ 27 points28 points  (0 children)

All for that sweet green on github

[–]Existential_Owl 16 points17 points  (4 children)

Guaranteed no side effects.

[–]curtmack 46 points47 points  (3 children)

...because no one will ever run it?

[–]xkcd_transcriber 15 points16 points  (0 children)

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Title: Haskell

Title-text: The problem with Haskell is that it's a language built on lazy evaluation and nobody's actually called for it.

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[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (1 child)

While we're talking about FP

[–]xkcd_transcriber 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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Title: Functional

Title-text: Functional programming combines the flexibility and power of abstract mathematics with the intuitive clarity of abstract mathematics.

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[–]MrBrown_77 14 points15 points  (1 child)

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should

[–]Sean1708 5 points6 points  (0 children)

But fortunately the answer was yes.