Breaux Arts on Nostr: People talk a lot about "functional core, imperative shell", but the inverse--a pure ...
People talk a lot about "functional core, imperative shell", but the inverse--a pure functional shell around a demon core of packed array data and primitive bitwise magic--is actually pretty great. Write your generative tests in the functional landscape, validate that the imperative evil thing works correctly, then seal it away behind a functional API.
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