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Ask HN: Good books for starting functional programming?
My girlfriend is interested in learning FP. She has written in C and Java and does not like object-oriented programming (it's awesome having a smart girlfriend). I bought her The Little Schemer and SICP. Are these good books for getting a start in functional programming?
- ThinkWriteMute 17y agoLearn You A Haskell and Learn You Some Erlang
- pw0ncakes 17y agoSolid recommendations. Thanks. I have Real World Haskell, which she's welcome to borrow, although I'm also in the process of reading it. :)
- stonemetal 17y agoI found SICP a little tough, I would either fall asleep in the easy stuff or skip so far ahead that I would be in over my head. I rather enjoyed Real World Haskell.
- b-man 17y agoTry HTDP, Concrete Abstractions or Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming. The * Schemer books are cool too.
- pw0ncakes 17y agoCTM is fun! That and Types and Programming Languages.
- gtani 17y agoFreely available content books: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1088594 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1088594