Help me with a tl;dr here, but are effects just monads?
Great question! But no, they are not the same, despite some similarities.
In Unison, effects are called abilities, and they wrote a very good post explaining the differences!
https://www.unison-lang.org/docs/fundamentals/abilities/for-...
In summary: both have advantages and disadvantages. Which one is "better" depends on which factors you value more.
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Great question! But no, they are not the same, despite some similarities.
In Unison, effects are called abilities, and they wrote a very good post explaining the differences!
https://www.unison-lang.org/docs/fundamentals/abilities/for-...
In summary: both have advantages and disadvantages. Which one is "better" depends on which factors you value more.