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	title:	Introduction to Functional Programming (Prentice-Hall Series in Computer Science)
	author:	Richard Bird, Wadler
	format:	Paperback
	publisher:	Prentice Hall
	released:	1998
	isbn:	0134843460
	isbn-13:	9780134843469

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Easy to find what you need - Rated I am not a person who reads entire books. However, when I need to find something specific, I can find it very easily. To counter one of the other reviews, Haskell is not pointless! Quirky, maybe, significantly different to imperative programming, certainly, but it gives you another way of looking at things. Can you write a one-line sorting algorithm in C? Functional Programming is all about paradigm shift - just as there was from, say, Assembler to Fortran. Being able to specify programs more elegantly, as you can in Functional languages, makes for more readable, manageable code ~ cheaper to maintain. Try it, you might like it! (Also, I am a student at the department where Bird teaches, I can say that this book is essential for getting through problem sheets!) Excellent book for intermediate-level functional programming - Rated I have just finished reading the entire book, and am very happy with it. I was familiar with Haskell before reading it and think this is not a good introduction to the language. This book teaches you medium/advanced haskell (and functional programming in general). Do not buy it if you want to learn the language or f.p. from scrach. You must absolutely buy it if you've learnt the basics and which to move forward. What a pointless language!! - Rated Although i think the language is dead and i would never chosse to learn it, this book did me a big favour when it came to passing my degree and i take my hat of to Mr. Bird. Its simple and informative, starts from the bottom and works up slowly, with loads of examples and explainations about how it all work. If you've gotta learn Haskall then this is the book The only way to acquaint yourself with haskell - Rated Bird gives a clear and insightful introduction into the ideas and theory behind funtional programming using Haskell. For anyone interested in the future of higher level computer programming, this book is a must-buy.

Customer Reviews

Easy to find what you need - Rated 4/5
I am not a person who reads entire books. However, when I need to find something specific, I can find it very easily.

To counter one of the other reviews, Haskell is not pointless! Quirky, maybe, significantly different to imperative programming, certainly, but it gives you another way of looking at things. Can you write a one-line sorting algorithm in C?

Functional Programming is all about paradigm shift - just as there was from, say, Assembler to Fortran. Being able to specify programs more elegantly, as you can in Functional languages, makes for more readable, manageable code ~ cheaper to maintain.

Try it, you might like it!

(Also, I am a student at the department where Bird teaches, I can say that this book is essential for getting through problem sheets!)

Excellent book for intermediate-level functional programming - Rated 5/5
I have just finished reading the entire book, and am very happy with it. I was familiar with Haskell before reading it and think this is not a good introduction to the language.
This book teaches you medium/advanced haskell (and functional programming in general). Do not buy it if you want to learn the language or f.p. from scrach. You must absolutely buy it if you've learnt the basics and which to move forward.

What a pointless language!! - Rated 4/5
Although i think the language is dead and i would never chosse to learn it, this book did me a big favour when it came to passing my degree and i take my hat of to Mr. Bird. Its simple and informative, starts from the bottom and works up slowly, with loads of examples and explainations about how it all work. If you've gotta learn Haskall then this is the book

The only way to acquaint yourself with haskell - Rated 5/5
Bird gives a clear and insightful introduction into the ideas and theory behind funtional programming using Haskell. For anyone interested in the future of higher level computer programming, this book is a must-buy.

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