On Mon, 5 May 2014 13:20:54 -0000
"Ihe Onwuka ihe(_dot_)onwuka(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com"
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On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 2:04 PM, davep davep(_at_)dpawson(_dot_)co(_dot_)uk <
xsl-list-service(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com> wrote:
Many functional programming
books begin by focusing on the more difficult concepts such as
recursion and immutability.
They are not more difficult, they are just different
Read the archives of this list.
This book lets you dive right in to
functional programming by teaching the most useful implementation
concepts first.
It would be fascinating (illuminating I doubt it) to discover what
concepts the author considers to be more useful than recursion and
immutability.
Then read the book?
Forgive the skepticism but every time I have bought an FP book not
written by an academic (i.e Practical this or Pragmatic that) I have
regretted it.
It's either golly gosh wow look at this new powerful stuff, or much
like imperative programming books it's a very subjective take on what
functional programming should be about.
With very few exceptions the best books on learning FP were all
written at least 10 years ago.
That's a view.
From Basic to SICP is a big step.
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