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Idea

In computer science, applicative functors (also known as idioms) are the programming equivalent of lax monoidal functors with a tensorial strength in category theory.

A strong monad gives rise to an applicative functor, but not all applicative functors result from monads. Unlike monads, applicative functors are closed under composition.

References

  • Conor Mcbride, Ross Paterson, Applicative programming with effects, Journal of Functional Programming. 18 (01): 1–13. (doi:10.1017/S0956796807006326; author’s version)

  • Ross Paterson, Constructing Applicative Functors, in Mathematics of Program Construction, Madrid, 2012, Lecture Notes in Computer Science vol. 7342, pp. 300-323, Springer, 2012. (paper)

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