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Introduction to Functional Programming using Haskell (2nd Edition) | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard Bird
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 138833
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Pages: 448
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6.8 x 1
ISBN: 0134843460
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.114
UPC: 076092032182
EAN: 9780134843469
ASIN: 0134843460
Publication Date: May 9, 1998
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After the success of the first edition of Introduction to Functional Programming, the authors have thoroughly updated and revised this bestselling title. This book is unusual amongst books on functional programming in that it is primarily directed towards the concepts of functional programming, rather than their realization in a specific programming language. The book clearly expounds the construction of functional programs as a process of mathematical calculation, but the mathematics is restricted to that relevant to the actual construction of programs.
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 Original classic, theoretical November 26, 2004
Fooo Bar Buh (Seattle)
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
Bird and Wadler got me started on functional programming. Before that, I'd only seen discussions of C++/STL functors and functions like for, map etcetera. br / br /BW was dense, and magic. It reminded me of the first time I read the KR C book, you're following along fine, and all of a sudden you're off the deep end! br / br /The syntax, sort of ML-like adds to the 'magic' feel of it all. Overall I think it's a good book. But like with KR, make this your second or third book, to ground you in the fundamentals after you've become somewhat familiar with the syntax and application of a particular fnal language. br / br /That said, it covers a wide breadth of topics, and does justice to them as well. But this opinion comes from a newbie at functional programming, so caveat lector! br / br /For me, it made me realise that there was a whole 'new' way of programming, vastly bigger than the few functions C++ had in its STL, and that C++ syntax mostly got in the way. However, perhaps because of this book, I never quite grokked Haskell/ML syntax either, though LISP I find easy (easier).
 Nice book on functional programming November 17, 2002
6 out of 26 found this review helpful
This is a good introduction to functional programming.brIt is less language specific than some of the other books.
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