What is “to reify” in software?

To reify” means “to make real”. It’s an old concept from philosophy. When you name a concept, you can start talking about it. We do something similar in programming. When you take a concept and make it first class, you can begin to manipulate it with the normal programming constructs.

Show Notes

For audio, video, and text transcripts: https://lispcast.com/what-is-to-reify-in-software/

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.