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		chillpenguin on March 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why take a compiler course? (2010) Can you give more info on "algebras"? I think I have heard the word used in this way before, but I don't exactly understand the meaning.

thelittlenag on March 27, 2023 [–]

In Scala this tends to manifest as either tagless final (https://www.baeldung.com/scala/tagless-final-pattern#1-algeb...) or free monad (same thing, different encoding).

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