I'm also interested in knowing your recommendation about which language is better for starters: SML or Haskell? and why?
2013/7/4 Stephan Houben <[email protected]> > If you want to go hardcore, you could consider The Definition of Standard > ML - Revised Robin > Milner<http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Robin%20Milner&search-alias=books&sort=relevancerank> > (Author), Robert > Harper<http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_2?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Robert%20Harper&search-alias=books&sort=relevancerank> > (Author), David > MacQueen<http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_3?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=David%20MacQueen&search-alias=books&sort=relevancerank> > (Author), Mads > Tofte<http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_4?_encoding=UTF8&field-author=Mads%20Tofte&search-alias=books&sort=relevancerank> > (Author) > > Nice book, a bit dense though. > > Stephan > > Op donderdag 4 juli 2013 schreef Todd O'Bryan ([email protected]) het > volgende: > > I have to put in a plug for Learn You a Haskell for Great Good. It's >> quite entertaining and several of my high school students have managed >> to work their way through most of it. >> >> http://www.learnyouahaskell.com >> >> Todd >> >> On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Sean Kanaley <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I can't speak to ML vs. Haskell starter-friendliness but I can provide a >> > link to a free online Haskell book: >> > >> > http://book.realworldhaskell.org/read/ >> > >> > It's the Haskell equivalent of "Practical Common Lisp". >> > >> > If you end up liking Haskell, the book Haskell School of Expression is >> very >> > good. It takes you through the construction of DSLs for functional >> reactive >> > programming (FRP), an imperative language to control robots (simulated >> on >> > screen with simple graphics), and one to describe music in the abstract >> and >> > then convert it to a MIDI file. It's more heavily math based, often >> asking >> > for proofs as exercises, but if that's not what you like it's not really >> > necessary to do them anyway. >> > >> > Note that I'm not attempting to persuade you from ML and the >> recommendations >> > already given, merely sharing what I personally know better...though I >> will >> > say that the Haskell type system to include its classes, families, >> > functional dependencies, transformers, GADTs, etc. is probably the best >> one >> > in existence, or at least in common use... >> > >> > >> > On 07/04/2013 10:36 AM, Grant Rettke wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> One of my current projects is to master as functional and statically >> >> typed programming language. Having discussed and debated it years ago >> >> (partially on list here, too) the conclusion was reached that SML >> >> would be a nicer place to start than Haskell or Clean. Fifteen years >> >> after its release, there seems to be a lot of knowledge but not a ton >> >> of resources exactly. There are a lot of dead links and books out of >> >> print (working off the SML/NJ resource list). I'm wondering of ACM's >> >> digital library is a good place to start. >> >> >> >> Last week I worked through _ML for the Working Programmers_ which was >> >> great but didn't get into the details in a way that I would have >> >> expected (went from 10mph to 100mph instead). Up next is _The Little >> >> MLer_ and Harpers _Programming in Standard ML_. >> >> >> >> This list's members have a breadth and depth far beyond most, so I'm >> >> wondering if I could get your help here and learn about your favorite >> >> learning SML resources. >> >> >> >> Best wishes, >> >> >> > >> > ____________________ >> > Racket Users list: >> > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >> ____________________ >> Racket Users list: >> http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >> > > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users > >
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