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> Unfortunately the only way to gain a deep understanding of the powerful tools functional languages do give you is to gain a deep understanding of functional p
by kbenson 8y ago
> Unfortunately the only way to gain a deep understanding of the powerful tools functional languages do give you is to gain a deep understanding of functional paradigms.
> I don't see why you need any more evidence that you should simply learn functional programming so that you may first-hand answer your own question.
It is possible to interpret the GP comment as a request for good resources to learn FP. You seem like you could probably point one or two out. Since they've already expressed a desire to understand, that might be more beneficial for them than the equivalent of "just do it".
- mreome 8y agoThank you. Basically I was looking for the functional-programming equivalent to the OOP factory-equipment analogy, or asking if such an analogy does/can exist (if it can't, the why might also be a valuable explanation). That analogy can be used to explain the main ideas behind encapsulation, interfaces, and internal state, and why they are valuable, before having any understanding of how those are implemented in practice, and even without any programming knowledge at all. So far everything I've found on functional programming starts with implementation details and provides no initial framework for understanding the broad-strokes of organisation and value proposition.
- lavayya 8y agoYou might like Rich Hickey's talks, especially "The value of values", "The language of the System", and the 2018 conj key note. The Talk in transducers also has a nice analogy: the conveyor belt.