From: Zephyr Pellerin <ztz@...>
Date: 2007-08-28T22:00:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Functional Programming

Brian Adkins wrote:
> On Aug 23, 1:32 pm, benj...@fysh.org wrote:
>> I'm interested in functional programming.
>>
>> I'd really like to read a good book on it.
> 
> If you like Ruby, you may also enjoy Lisp since it influenced Ruby.
> I'd recommend "Practical Common Lisp" by Peter Seibel. Or "ANSI Common
> Lisp" by Paul Graham. Lastly, the classic "Structure and
> Interpretation of Computer Programs" by Abelson and Sussman would be
> good.
> 
> Or you can just skip the books and simply stop assigning to
> variables ;)
> 
> Brian Adkins
> 
> 
 
((()((())()(()()()(((((((((((((()))())))))((((())))))))))))))))))))))((((((((()()()()()))))

Very few people *enjoy* Lisp.
All of them have a Parenthesis fetish.