Re: newbie

G Murali wrote (on 09-03-01 00:43 +0000):

I'm new to this monads stuff.. can you tell me what it is simply ? an example would be highly appreciated.. i want it is very very simple terms please..

A monad on category C is a monoid in the category of endofunctors on C. Is that simple enough? ;) No? Then see "Using Monads" at http://haskell.org/bookshelf/ (Sorry, I just couldn't resist!) -- Frank Atanassow, Information & Computing Sciences, Utrecht University Padualaan 14, PO Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, Netherlands Tel +31 (030) 253-3261 Fax +31 (030) 251-379