From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2002-12-12T04:06:48+09:00
Subject: Re: functional programming "style"


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zesar (i_wont@tell.you) wrote:

> i discovered ruby some weeks ago and i have to say now that i'm through w=
ith
> the book of the pragmatic programmers i quite like the language.
>=20
> so far i've been coding in c/c++, java and COBOL (that was really painful
> :) )... i guess that's why my code keeps on looking very procedural altho=
ugh
> i'm writing ruby.
>=20
> i'm very fascinated by the few examples of functional programming-style i=
've
> seen so far but i don't quite get the picture on how to "think this way".=
..
> i mean i DO understand what the examples do and mean but i wouldn't be ab=
le
> to write them myself...
>=20
> i know there are some other (more) functional languages than ruby but i
> don't have the energy nor the time to learn them. and i just want to get a
> good coding style in ruby...
>=20
> the book of the pragmatic programmers is a very good reference but i lack
> some sort of
> think-styleguide-on-functional-programming-for-procedural-programmers or
> something likewise... or is there just some kind of "magic sentence" - a
> "spell" ;-)) that can teach me how to....
>=20
> anyway, i'd love to get some tips or some recommendations where to find s=
uch
> a guide (hopefully there's a free one, i don't like buying books for i do=
n't
> really have the money - but don't hesitate to recommend a book - better t=
han
> nothing)...

I'd recommend checking out 'The Little Schemer' or 'The Little Lisper',
while they are Scheme/Lisp centric, you should be able to translate the
syntax into Ruby for the most part, or grab a free Scheme/Lisp
interpreter and go from there.

--=20
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