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widmogrodon Show HN: PHPunctional, a PHP Functional Programming Library

Have you seen this project? https://github.com/widmogrod/php-functional

Tackle problem same problem as your library, also in PHP.

widmogrodon Show HN: Functors, Applicative Functors and Monads in PHP

Definitely PHP community grown a bit in areas of good design like DDD, BDD, SOLID,...

There is a lot of interesting project utilizing this power. The best place to start is this link: https://github.com/ziadoz/awesome-php

widmogrodon Show HN: Functors, Applicative Functors and Monads in PHP

Well if fun factor is not good enough answer, then maybe this will work:

- Using something and understanding it, are two different thing. Through implementing things in a language that I'm familiar with, is easier for me to grasp concept behind it and understand it.

- Create a bridge between foreign concepts. If someone knows only PHP and will grasp FP concept in PHP, then it will be easier for him learn new language.

- Sometimes switching to another language in your daily (commercial) work is not easy as it sounds.

- OOP and FP can do awesome things when used together.

widmogrodon Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

I'm working on DOM diff JS library. https://github.com/widmogrod/jef#dom-diff