Functional programming is a style of programming that emphasizes the use of functions (in contrast to object-oriented programming, which emphasizes...
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Dec 14, 2007
Salim
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I only got a few pages into this book before the author took the definition of "abstract" wholesale from the dictionary. That's the cue to cut my losses. I do not need a glorified pull quote to tell me about non-technical vocabulary.
Up to that point, about fifteen pages past the introduction, things were going swimmingly: the author explained the relationship between Haskell [Brooks Curry, the mathematician] and the Curry School of Expression; the importance (value and pla More...
Up to that point, about fifteen pages past the introduction, things were going swimmingly: the author explained the relationship between Haskell [Brooks Curry, the mathematician] and the Curry School of Expression; the importance (value and pla More...
Dec 11, 2008
Robert
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So far this book seems an excellent introduction to Haskell (the programming language), and to functional programming in general. The "multimedia" programming described in teh book—drawing simple shapes and interactive graphics—is not so exciting or useful, and I wonder whether some of these ideas would be better demonstrated in terms of one of the Haskell Open GL libraries. That said, I think his framework of thought around Multimedia conceived as time-varying Behaviors, interactive
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Jan 10, 2009
Mike
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Great book for learning Haskell and Functional Programming in general. Haskell is one of the most elegant and difficult languages to learn. This book does a great job of introducing Haskell both technically and conceptually. I would recommend this to anyone at all interested in functional programming.
Feb 07, 2008
Eugene
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Excellent book for learning functional programming with Haskell. The culmination of this book is Reactive Programming. However, the streaming technique is relatively old, requires a hack to evade space leak, and by now is considered a bad idea generally. Nowadays one uses arrow approach to reactive programming. Nonetheless, this book remains one of the best on learning Haskell and functional programming in general.
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