> it focuses a lot on concurrent operations It does but not to the exclusion of other computation models. I'd agree with GP - I found it a wonderful book. It

> it focuses a lot on concurrent operations It does but not to the exclusion of other computation models. I'd agree with GP - I found it a wonderful book. It builds different models of computation successively by incrementally adding features. It's a bit like SICP[0] in that it starts with declarative/functional fundamentals and brings in mutable state really late. The coverage of dataflow was the first one that gave me an "aha!" moment. It's easily 10 years since I bought it and I still dip into it every few months or so. Every time I do, I get something new: insights, deeper understanding, etc. Really wonderful book. [0] https://sicpebook.wordpress.com/ https://sicpebook.wordpress.com/