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mjburgess
on July 4, 2022
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Functional programming jargon in plain English
Sure, it's a particular interpretation of `(f a, f b) -> f (a, b)`
(a, b) is an a -> b (f a, f b) is an f a -> f b
Applicative, over an above this, is really just useful when you have (f a, f b, f c, ..)
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