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What is functional effects system design in Scala?
Updated May 24, 2026
Short answer
Effect systems model side effects as composable values.
Deep explanation
Libraries like ZIO and Cats Effect represent side effects as data structures. This allows controlled execution, dependency injection, retries, and concurrency management while preserving purity.
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