> It is never clear why a map reduce is better than a for loop or vice versa.
to me map/reduce feel like a further development of structured programming. a map(...) call is less expressive / more constrained than a loop and that's the point; compare to how loops and if/else can all be written with goto, but we prefer the more structured alternative
to me map/reduce feel like a further development of structured programming. a map(...) call is less expressive / more constrained than a loop and that's the point; compare to how loops and if/else can all be written with goto, but we prefer the more structured alternative