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title: "Discussion on \"A more intuitive approach to the State Monad in Scala\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"A more intuitive approach to the State Monad in Scala\". The 'Functional programming in Scala' book (aka 'the red book') defines a state transformation as a function with this signature:\nS => (S, A)\n\nwhere S is a type representing the state of our application and A is the type of the output we get running ..."
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# [A more intuitive approach to the State Monad in Scala](https://lrodero.hashnode.dev/a-more-intuitive-approach-to-the-state-monad-in-scala?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

The 'Functional programming in Scala' book (aka 'the red book') defines a state transformation as a function with this signature: S => (S, A) where S is a type representing the state of our application and A is the type of the output we get running ...

May 18, 2024 · 2 min read · lrodero.hashnode.dev  
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