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Unfortunately that won't work as expected, you'll need something ugly like:

  Array.apply(null, Array(26)).map((_, index) => String.fromCharCode(65 + index))

I find it useful to have `unary` and `apply` around:

  [1,2,3].map(unary(User))
  [[1,2],[3,4],[5,6]].map(apply(User))

In dynamic languages I don't see the need to create a Monad interface. I'd create classes/objects and simply use instances of those objects. As long as they conform to the desired interface, and you can check their relationships, then it should work; and use monkey-patching if necessary, embracing the dynamic nature of the language. I don't think it is possible to fully translate Haskell examples without the types, but you can adapt the ideas to other languages and get very similar functionality, in JavaScript for example:

    class Maybe {
      constructor(value) {
        if (value != null) {
          return new Just(value)
        }
        return new Nothing()
      }
      bind(f) {
        if (this instanceof Just) {
          return f(this.value)
        }
        return new Nothing()
      }
    }

    class Just extends Maybe {
      constructor(value) {
        this.value = value
      }
      toString() {
        return `<Just ${this.value}>`
      }
    }

    class Nothing extends Maybe {
      constructor() {
        this.value = null
      }
      toString() {
        return '<Nothing>'
      }
    }

    var result = Maybe(2).bind(x => {
      return Maybe(3).bind(y => {
        return Maybe(x + y)
      })
    })

    console.log(result.toString()) // <Just 5>

I was a Photoshop user for a long time, but haven't looked back since I moved to Linux full time a few years back. The challenge was to use libre software for everything and reduce my business' expenses. It's been 4 years since then and I don't miss Photoshop. I realized in the process the I was terribly misusing it. It was my goto tool for everything, from web design, to photo retouch, to vector, icons...

I have a background in 3D & VFX but my work today is mostly web development, and opensource software covers all my needs. MyPaint for free drawing like brainstorming, illustrations, and blueprints. Inkscape for vector graphics like icons, logos, layouts, mockups. Darktable for simple photo editing. GIMP for heavy photo retouch, and well, it's still my goto tool for those quick screenshots, image cropping jobs. And Blender for 3D work of course. I hardly do print, but when I do I use Inkscape, HTML and CSS.

TLDR; Photoshop isn't the best for every task. There are free software alternatives for everything. Using them all together provides me with all that I need, so I no longer miss Photoshop.

I agree. I think music and sports consciously impact your code as well. Skills with a mix of creativity and endurance are going to affect the way you think about problems, in general.

Then Windows Update: "Your computer will restart in 10 minutes". Postpone 4 hours. Glad I'm on Ubuntu 99% of the time nowadays.

In LiveScript there's a := operator. From the docs -- "However, unlike CoffeeScript, you must use := to modify variables in upper scopes" -- I find LiveScript overall a better alternative to CoffeeScript. If you're into CS for the sugar, then you'll love LS.