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		Smaug123 on Jan 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cyclic dependencies are evil (2013) Could you give an example of a domain that naturally requires circular dependencies? I have been trying lately to practice seeing outside the functional-programming-tinted lenses, but I need a bit of help to do so :)

brundolf on Jan 30, 2021 [–]

I think the GP's example is pretty reasonable. And like I said, I still don't really see what this has to do with FP. Clearly F# has trouble with it, but so does C++

Smaug123 on Jan 30, 2021 | [–]

I don't think the GP's example is reasonable, and nor would an SQL-writer. Could you give something I will find it harder to wriggle out of?

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