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  • defmacro - Functional Programming For The Rest of Us

    From the page: "So what is FP? How did it come about? Is it edible? If it's as useful as its advocates claim, why isn't it being used more often in the industry? Why is it that only people with PhDs tend to use it? Most importantly, why is it so damn hard to learn? What is all this... more

    Reviewed by dnnrly Jun 22 2006, 07:26am ( 11 reviews ) • defmacro.org

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  • Rated by chwash2007 on Oct 07 2008, 4:17pm

    An introductory article for Functional Programming.

  • Rated by voodooKobra on Sep 13 2008, 4:50am

    TL;DR

  • Rated by silvamagna on Sep 03 2008, 9:29pm

    it seems interesting i'll read it later

  • Rated by JohnnyDanger on Aug 26 2008, 4:34am

    I've got to say, I hated functional languages (mostly because of the terrible language Haskell) before reading this page.

  • Rated by pfarrell on Jun 11 2008, 7:57pm

    If you think learning a new language means learning Java when you know C++, think again. They're all imperative langs. This article gives a nice definition of functional programming languages. Makes me think of the Bob Dylan song, Queen Jane Approximately, fp is what you come to when you get bored with C and all it's trappings. If you can follow that, you win a prize.

  • Rated by Njaa on May 16 2008, 6:51pm

    Wow... just wow.

  • Rated by MadLep on Feb 14 2008, 1:46pm

    Overview of functional programming languages

  • Rated by vashts on Sep 16 2007, 5:50pm

    I have not yet read this, but they had me at "Programmers are procrastinators."

  • Rated by idleCycle on May 23 2007, 11:48pm

    An insightful article about the features and capabilities of functional programming languages. Definitely a must read.

  • Rated by dnnrly on Jun 22 2006, 7:26am

    From the page: "So what is FP? How did it come about? Is it edible? If it's as useful as its advocates claim, why isn't it being used more often in the industry? Why is it that only people with PhDs tend to use it? Most importantly, why is it so damn hard to learn? What is all this closure, continuation, currying, lazy evaluation and no side effects business? How can it be used in projects that don't involve a university? Why does it seem to be so different from everything good, and holy, and dear to our imperative hearts? We'll clear this up very soon. Let's start with explaining the reasons for the huge gap between the real world and academic articles. The answer is as easy as taking a walk in the park."