[Asraelite]

I strongly disagree. Monads are used all the time in non-FP languages. Parser combinators are one common example. It's just a programming pattern which gives the benefits of global variables without the downsides. They work perfectly fine without dedicated syntax.

I was very confused about what they were until I saw an article similar to the one I linked, and then I realized that I had actually been using monads all along, I just didn't know they were called that. I think a lot of developers are in the same boat.

[bazoom42]

I dispute that monads are used “all the time” in non-FP languages. Can you provide some examples?