How to make any immutable data structure distributed
unison-lang.org
How to make any immutable data structure distributed
1–10 of 54 posts
Re: How to make any immutable data structure distributed
#2I really hope Unison succeeds. It looks like a really interesting take on FP / distributed systems. The fact that Paul Chiusano and Runar Bjarnason are at the helm is exciting, especially to Scala / FP devs like me who know them as the writers of the legendary "red book". Just based on the rare quality of that book, I'm super interested in other FP projects that they're involved in.
Re: How to make any immutable data structure distributed
#3I really hope Unison succeeds. It looks like a really interesting take on FP / distributed systems. The fact that Paul Chiusano and Runar Bjarnason are at the helm is exciting, especially to Scala / FP devs like me who know them as the writers of the legendary "red book". Just based on the rare quality of that book, I'm super interested in other FP projects that they're involved in.
> writers of the legendary "red book".
If you mean the manning book "Functional Programming in Scala", I don't even use Scala, yet I feel I got so much out of that book. It's the best functional programming book I've read.
It would recommend the book to anyone that wants to learn FP, regardless if you will be using Scala.
Re: How to make any immutable data structure distributed
#4One of the authors of the article here, happy to answer any questions about it!
Re: How to make any immutable data structure distributed
#5Recommend starting with part 1 of the article if you want more of an overview: https://www.unison-lang.org/articles/distributed-datasets/
Re: How to make any immutable data structure distributed
#6I really think this is where pure FP shines.
If you look at the architecture of something like Apache Beam, while you describe your computations in a language like Java or Python, you're really using a DSL for creating an immutable DAG that processes chunks of immutable data, persisiting each chunk (being loose with terms here) for durability, 'modifying' it in the immutable sense and then passing it on to the next edge and so on.
In a single standalone system, many argue that a purely immutable conceptual approach has pros and cons. In the Big Data world, I've never heard anyone argue for an imperative approach. Immutability is necessary, and as soon as you need immutability you want all the other goodies that facilitate it in a clean way like monads, lenses, and the like.
Re: How to make any immutable data structure distributed
#7I really hope Unison succeeds. It looks like a really interesting take on FP / distributed systems. The fact that Paul Chiusano and Runar Bjarnason are at the helm is exciting, especially to Scala / FP devs like me who know them as the writers of the legendary "red book". Just based on the rare quality of that book, I'm super interested in other FP projects that they're involved in.
Tangential to the thread, but do you have any other favorite Scala resources you would recommend? I've had only glancing exposure to it, and will soon be taking a role where it's the primary language.
Re: How to make any immutable data structure distributed
#8I really think this is where pure FP shines. If you look at the architecture of something like Apache Beam, while you describe your computations in a language like Java or Python, you're really using a DSL for creating an immutable DAG that processes chunks of immutable data, persisiting each chunk (being loose with terms here) for durability, 'modifying' it in the immutable sense and then passing it on to the next e…
FP?
Re: How to make any immutable data structure distributed
#9I really think this is where pure FP shines. If you look at the architecture of something like Apache Beam, while you describe your computations in a language like Java or Python, you're really using a DSL for creating an immutable DAG that processes chunks of immutable data, persisiting each chunk (being loose with terms here) for durability, 'modifying' it in the immutable sense and then passing it on to the next e…
FP?
Functional programming
Re: How to make any immutable data structure distributed
#10One of the authors of the article here, happy to answer any questions about it!
How do you perform side effects in Unison (like reading a file as an example)?