Why do functional programmers model things as data?

Functional programmers tend to prefer pure, immutable data to represent their domain. We talk about many of the benefits of such an approach. But we focus on one in particular: that good data representations can reduce complexity by reducing the number of if statements you need.

Show Notes

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What is The Eric Normand Podcast?

An off-the-cuff stream of Functional Programming ideas, skills, patterns, and news from Functional Programming expert Eric Normand of LispCast. Formerly known as Thoughts on Functional Programming.