On Jan 18, 2013, at 07:04, Brian Marick wrote: > On Jan 18, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Reginald Choudari <adnanchowdhur...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I am looking for a new Clojure book to get me started on the language. > > Here's a beginning Clojure reading list, with some discussion: > http://regretful.ly/clojure/2013/01/16/beginning-clojure-reading-list/ > ... > Latest book: /Functional Programming for the Object-Oriented Programmer/ > https://leanpub.com/fp-oo
I followed the link to the reading list, followed it to Brian's book and ended up buying Leanpub's "Thinking Functionally" bundle (https://leanpub.com/b/think): "CoffeeScript Ristretto" Reginald Braithwaite (raganwald) "Functional Programming for the Object-Oriented Programmer" Brian Marick Both books are well written. The CoffeeScript book, in particular, plays around nicely with the espresso metaphor while introducing assorted concepts from FP, etc. Although I only dipped into it briefly, I plan to get back to it Real Soon Now. In the meanwhile, I plan to read Brian Marick's book end-to-end, working through the examples and thinking about his explanations. Unlike other Clojure books I've tried, Brian's book makes few assumptions about knowledge of functional programming, Java, Lisp, etc. As a migrating Rubyist, I'm finding the book accessible, congenial, and informative. In short, if you're an aspiring Clojurist, be sure to give this one a look! -r -- http://www.cfcl.com/rdm Rich Morin http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume r...@cfcl.com http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog +1 650-873-7841 Software system design, development, and documentation -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
