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From: "davep davep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 06:34:46 -0000

On Mon, 5 May 2014 13:20:54 -0000
"Ihe Onwuka ihe.onwuka@xxxxxxxxx"
<xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 2:04 PM, davep davep@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <
> xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> >  Many functional programming
> > books begin by focusing on the more difficult concepts such as
> > recursion and immutability.
>
>
> They are not more difficult, they are just different

Read the archives of this list.

>
>
> > This book lets you dive right in to
> > functional programming by teaching the most useful implementation
> > concepts first.
> >
> >
> It would be fascinating (illuminating I doubt it) to discover what
> concepts the author considers to be more useful than recursion and
> immutability.

Then read the book?

>
> Forgive the skepticism but every time I have bought an FP book not
> written by an academic (i.e Practical this or Pragmatic that) I have
> regretted it.
>
> It's either golly gosh wow look at this new powerful stuff, or much
> like imperative programming books it's a very subjective take on what
> functional programming should be about.
>
> With very few exceptions  the best books on learning FP were all
> written at least 10 years ago.


That's a view.

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