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I'd say both.

For me the difficulty comes from the formal explanations/definitions, those always manage to confuse me. Result & Option types seem to have something to do with it so I may already have some understanding of the concept. But many explanations containing the word Monad also contain various other abstract mathematical terms. Trying to explain the concept to someone without mathematical background can be tricky.



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