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It's all in the name: Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! is a hilarious, illustrated guide to this complex functional language. Packed with the author's original artwork, pop culture references, and most importantly, useful example code, this book teaches functional fundamentals in a way you never thought possible. You'll…
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1 author picked Learn You A Haskell For Great Good as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
You may have got a taste of functional programming by learning some functional techniques in the language they use everyday, but if you want to deepen your knowledge, it's best to learn a functional language.
A multi-paradigm language like C# allows you to mix and match different techniques; a purely functional language, on the other hand, will force you to use the functional approach throughout—for example, by not allowing any state mutation at all.
The natural choice would be to learn Haskell, the functional language of reference and a lingua franca among functional programmers. Learning Haskell will allow you to…
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