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by ogogmad 596 days ago
Why do you think category theory makes it easier? That's one thing category theory does not do. How well do you understand the subject?

There is a category theory "school of thought" in many subjects, which believes without solid evidence that category theory must be immensely useful to their subject. But it's often just that: a school of thought. This is the situation of category theory in CS. My concern is that people aren't being honest about this.

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you’re right, and I’m in that school of thought, but mainly for math. In essence, I know people who use it in their reaearch and I trust them (and there’s a lot of good people doing good stuff with CT—it’s ubiquitous, so I’m fine with trusting them). I have a beginner understanding of CT, actually I finally started studying it seriously a month ago, after being exposed to it sporadically for some time. I’m not claiming anything about CT in CS, but I’m optimistic about that it can have a more widespread positive effect in it