The Craft of Functional Programming

Simon Thompson

The Craft of Functional Programming       ISBN 0201342758

Purchased: November, 2007


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Overall Impression

This is a really great introduction to both functional programming in general, and the Haskell language in particular. I would like to note, though, that it focuses on the HUGS implementation of Haskell, instead of GHC. That's not a big deal, but it seems that GHC is generally preferred by the community.

It's also readable, which I particularly appreciated. At the time, I was commuting by train, and happily lugged this book around. It was perfect for me, as both an introduction to the Haskell environment and a brush-up on functional languages.

Related Material

• Practical OCaml, an awful introduction to a pretty nice language.