The Evolution of Effects (Keynote)
Nicolas Wu · 2023
Functional programming has been celebrated for its promise of pure functions, delivering referential transparency and elegant reasoning about programs. However, real-world applications are not pure, and necessitate interaction with the outside world, introducing computational effects such as IO, state, and exceptions. The journey to harmonize these seemingly contradictory paradigms has led to a fascinating evolution of effectful programming in Haskell.