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Re:Ask HN: which functional language to learn? by vijayr on Monday July 06, 2009 @12:02PM (#689853)
I did find lot of books/resources for Haskell and Erlang too.

If it were the usual programming languages (PHP, Ruby, Python etc), making a choice is relatively easy. For functional languages, I'm not sure where to even begin.

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Re:Ask HN: which functional language to learn? by troels on Monday July 06, 2009 @04:42PM (#690414)
> If it were the usual programming languages (PHP, Ruby, Python etc), making a choice is relatively easy.

What do you mean by that? Is it just that you know this field better and thus feel better informed, or are you hinting at something else, that I didn't get?

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Re:Ask HN: which functional language to learn? by vijayr on Monday July 06, 2009 @05:20PM (#690480)
I mean this: I know (to some extent atleast) what to expect from languages like Python etc. So if I am trying to choose between say, Ruby and Python, I can use them both for a couple of weeks, and decide which to go with, depending on which I like and am more comfortable with. I also know where these languages are mostly used, job prospects of them etc.

Whereas with functional programming, I am totally new and lost, no clue where to even begin.

No, I didn't hint anything else.

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