Sean Devlin on 13 Apr 2012 11:04:07 -0700


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Re: Beginning functional programming

If you're just starting out, I'd recommend learning how to use lambdas & decorators in a language like Python.  Getting comfortable with them will help you with a more pure language like Clojure or Haskell.

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 1:55 PM, pjt <pt720185@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all - 3rd year student at West Chester University here, hoping to
get started learning functional programming. I'm attracted to the idea
of no side effects, as well as the close relation of functional
languages to mathematical ideas and notation. I'm wondering, what is a
good language to start with? I've heard good things about Haskell and
Clojure, but I'm hoping to get some more opinions.
Thanks.