No, Seriously, What Is A Monad?

Jason Shankel, Sr. Gameplay Engineer @ FableLabs

Stevenson Hall 1300
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

Functional programming has experienced a surge in mainstream software development in recent years. I will cover the basics of functional programming, emergence of the new mixed functional/imperative paradigm and answer the burning question, just what the heck is a monad anyway?