http://blogs.msdn.com/b/doriancorompt/archive/2012/05/25/7-workflows-a-monad-alias.aspx&#160; Monads are one of the most complex concept to apprehend I encountered while learning functional programming, and unfortunately, like many developers I probably use them without understanding all the possibilities they offer. Before talking abouten-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/doriancorompt/archive/2012/05/25/7-workflows-a-monad-alias.aspx#10314729Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:14:13 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10314729Casey Kramer<p>Worth pointing out that C# got its first Monad with Linq. &nbsp;The SelectMany operation is a bind operation. &nbsp;You can actually use extension methods to create SelectMany operations to do more monad-y things, like implementing the Maybe monad. &nbsp;Granted F#&#39;s workflow syntax is WAY nicer, but if you really want some monad-y goodness in C# you can abuse the Linq stuff to get some basic things to work.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10314729" width="1" height="1">