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The Many Faces of Map

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English - April 23, 2018 09:57 - 31 minutes - 55.1 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings
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Why does the `map` function appear in every programming language supporting "functional" concepts? And why does Swift have _two_ `map` functions? We will answer these questions and show that `map` has many universal properties, and is in some sense unique.