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Hard to fully get the Haskell Monad with analogies. The way to understand them is to use them.

Coming to think of it same for OO. All those silly Dog is an Animal examples spring to mind.



I agree, if you want to learn something, you have to spend your time and focus on it. There is really no other way. I can accept it can be more digestible for many if it is packaged nicely in method X. Helping people learn is a very noble goal, but it should come with a fair warning there is no shortcut in understanding.




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