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0 pointsrobocat1y ago0 comments

I find horizontal/vertical is usually confusing (not to you obviously). Here is an example: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/horizontalanalysis.asp Maybe easier to stick with the lazy/eager wording?

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rossta1y ago

That’s fair. I acknowledge that terms like "horizontal" and "vertical" may be overloaded or even confusing, in this case, if it’s difficult to see the connection with the visuals. This is somewhat part of the risk in trying to explain a concept in a less-than precise way to introduce a new concept.

robocatOP1y ago

I love the visuals - they are fantastic at showing the difference.

If the visuals were vertical then the filtering might look more natural because time would be left-to-right and balls would have natural gravity and fall "down" through filters? Code runs top to bottom so I'm guessing it would still be clear.

And putting a number in each of the balls might help clarity too :-)

The only crazy thing is that Haskell lazy is pull (right) whereas Ruby lazy is still push - so the lazy keyword is somewhat confusing but that can't be fixed.

I am not criticising and certainly don't want to make unnecessary work for you. Graphic design and animation are dark arts!

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