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Category theory for JavaScript programmers - Video Series

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6 up and 0 down, posted by eskimoblood 4178 days ago 3 comments

olalonde 4177 days ago. link 1 point ▲ ▼

I'm not a mathematician but I'm fairly sure this is only loosely related to category theory. For example, I don't think there is any concept of guarded functions, contracts, etc. in category theory. The video series should probably have been called "Functional Javascript" or something. Excellent videos nonetheless!

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eskimoblood 4177 days ago. link 2 points ▲ ▼

You should also read his block to understand what it has to do with category theory: http://jscategory.wordpress.com/. There is also a strong relationship between functional programming and category theory: http://cs.stackexchange.com/questions/3028/is-category-theory-useful-for-learning-functional-programming

olalonde 4177 days ago. link 1 point ▲ ▼

Thanks for the links! I didn't realize there was such a strong connection between programming languages and category theory. I just grabbed the book Conceptual Programming to get a better understanding.