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Re:Erlang 16B Released by pilgrim689 on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @11:26AM (#5293153)
I can't recommend http://learnyouahaskell.com/chapters enough. It was my first book coming from imperative to functional. It blew my mind. Plus, if you're looking to learn specifically functional programming, you don't get more functional than Haskell. I'd also consider Racket to see what Lisps can do (I stay away from Clojure just because it's in Java-land... but that might be a lame excuse).
Re:Erlang 16B Released by bendecoste on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @12:13PM (#5293441)
Also, if you decide to go with erlang, I would recommend http://learnyousomeerlang.com/content. It is written by the same guy, two great books.
Re:Erlang 16B Released by pilgrim689 on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @12:51PM (#5293720)
It's not written by the same guy. Fred Hébert for the Erlang one, Miran Lipovaca for the Haskell one.
Re:Erlang 16B Released by buerkle on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @12:54PM (#5293744)
Miran Lipovača wrote the haskell book. Frederic Trottier-Hebert wrote the erlang book.
Re:Erlang 16B Released by tunesmith on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @03:43PM (#5294768)
I have a question about this - is he going to write more chapters? I skimmed ahead and it looks like it ends abruptly, no conclusion etc. Not sure if that's actually intended to be the end.
Re:Erlang 16B Released by pilgrim689 on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @06:23PM (#5295775)
I don't know actually. You can ask him, he posts his address on the front page: bonus at learnyouahaskell dot com