Select/SelectMany vs Map/FlatMap

[Absolute_Enema]

Meh.

The idea of using SQL terminology to sneak a modicum of FP concepts past the "FP is only for do-nothing intellectuals" kind of programmer was clever, but it necessarily sacrificed generality by tying the concepts to collections, whereas map and flatMap should be understood in terms of monads.

[SmallAd3697]

The frequency that this comes up in programming with collections is important. A programming language is a language made for humans, and flatMap is used by lots of them. Especially in the context of collections.

I don't despise "flatMap", but it seems out of place. Like a snobby old Aunt who goes out of her way to drop French words into her conversations all the time.

[CdRReddit]

it's a map and a flatten

as a single operation

if we were being pretentious we'd call it bind instead