JKWA
Author of Advanced Functional Programming with Elixir
What’s the point of a polymorphic eq?
This post is a follow-up to some thoughtful comments I received on an earlier discussion. It digs deeper into polymorphism, a theme I also cover in my book Advanced Functional Programming with Elixir.
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