https://jason5lee.me/tags/elixir/ Recent content in Elixir on Jason5Lee's Blog Hugo en-us Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:31:32 +0000 https://jason5lee.me/blog/why-pipeline/ Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:31:32 +0000 https://jason5lee.me/blog/why-pipeline/ <p>When I first learned F#, one design I didn&rsquo;t get is that pipeline operators is used far more often than dot( <code>.</code> ). For example, for a C# expression like <code>x.Select(n =&gt; ...)</code> , you have to write <code>x |&gt; List.map (fun n -&gt; ...)</code> in F#, which looks verbose at the first sight. But after I&rsquo;ve done more programmings and more thinkings, I figured out that the dot is abused in most of the languages and the pipeline does it right. Here is my thought.</p>