Many FP-ers believe that you need to use understand the math or at least use the "right" terminology before using monads. There is an obvious counter-example.

Many FP-ers believe that you need to use understand the math or at least use the "right" terminology before using monads. There is an obvious counter-example. Millions of C# developers are using monads already under the name of "LINQ". I don't think it would have been as popular if Microsoft called things by their "right" names.