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> this would also be a good format to learn new paradigms Or you could have books dedicated to a paradigm, such as functional programming, and have examples in
by derleth 15y ago
> this would also be a good format to learn new paradigms
Or you could have books dedicated to a paradigm, such as functional programming, and have examples in many languages that all serve to drive home a specific point (this is how you make something tail-recursive, perhaps), pointing out how each language is both similar and different.
"The Practice of Programming" by Kernighan and Pike is somewhat close to what I want, but is not it.
- nikcub 15y agoI know what you mean, it took me multiple books and articles to pick up functional programming. 'Seven Languages in Seven Weeks' was a good book - as is the K&P book you mention, but something complete that can teach an existing non-func programmer from the ground up, possibly using multiple languages, would be great