Fun article. I'm somewhat still in the camp of loving Common Lisp's LOOP over many of the newer tools that are for looping over things. Articles like this do a good job of shining light on a lot of the concerns.
Quick nit/question. For the fold method, I don't think I've seen it called sentinel value. Usually it is seed or initial?
Now, my main question. Transducer? I'm curious on the etymology of that word. By itself, I don't think I could ever guess what it was referencing. :(
Quick nit/question. For the fold method, I don't think I've seen it called sentinel value. Usually it is seed or initial?
Now, my main question. Transducer? I'm curious on the etymology of that word. By itself, I don't think I could ever guess what it was referencing. :(