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The book "Learn you a Haskell for great good!", Which is in my opinion an essential read for someone wanting to get into functional programming, describes it as
by coltonv 10y ago
The book "Learn you a Haskell for great good!", Which is in my opinion an essential read for someone wanting to get into functional programming, describes it as "imperitive is when you tell the computer a sequence of operations to get a result. FP Is when you tell the computer what thingsare.
I think it should basically be required reading for any programmer, it's a very easy to follow look into the functional paradigm. It's also free to read online! http://learnyouahaskell.com http://learnyouahaskell.com
- throwaway7645 10y agoI own a copy and can't help but disagree. It goes over a few things like list comprehensions, types, etc, but I couldn't even stumble through writing a basic Haskell program when finished.I'm looking forward to Manning's Grokking Functional Programming if it ever comes out. The Haskell Book is also popular these days.
- codygman 10y agoHighly recommend http://Haskellbook.com http://Haskellbook.com
- coltonv 10y agoReally? It gave me a great grasp of the language and syntax and I was able to write some basic things immediately after, and anything I didn't know how to do (like communicate over a socket, etc.) I could google search.