Introduction to Functional Programming using Haskell (2nd Edition) | 
 enlarge | Author: Richard Bird
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 536065
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 448
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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 Original classic, theoretical November 26, 2004
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.
B&W was dense, and magic. It reminded me of the first time I read the K&R C book, you're following along fine, and all of a sudden you're off the deep end!
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 K&R, 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.
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!
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 25 found this review helpful
This is a good introduction to functional programming.
It is less language specific than some of the other books.
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