[Python-checkins] r50608 - sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst

[andrew.kuchling]

Author: andrew.kuchling
Date: Wed Jul 12 18:18:49 2006
New Revision: 50608

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   sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst
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Add references suggested on the tutor mailing list

Modified: sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst
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--- sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst	(original)
+++ sandbox/trunk/Doc/functional.rst	Wed Jul 12 18:18:49 2006
@@ -1157,6 +1157,8 @@
 Version 0.2: posted July 10 2006.  Merged genexp and listcomp
 sections into one.  Typo fixes.
 
+Version 0.21: Added more references suggested on the tutor mailing list.
+
 
 References
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@@ -1173,12 +1175,32 @@
 design approaches described in these chapters are applicable to
 functional-style Python code.
 
+http://www.defmacro.org/ramblings/fp.html: A general 
+introduction to functional programming that uses Java examples
+and has a lengthy historical introduction.
+
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_programming:
 General Wikipedia entry describing functional programming.
 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coroutine:
 Entry for coroutines.
 
+
+Python-specific
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+
+http://gnosis.cx/TPiP/:
+The first chapter of David Mertz's book :title-reference:`Text Processing in Python` 
+discusses functional programming for text processing, in the section titled
+"Utilizing Higher-Order Functions in Text Processing".
+
+Mertz also wrote a 3-part series of articles on functional programming
+for IBM's DeveloperWorks site; see 
+`part 1 <http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-prog.html>`__,
+`part 2 <http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-prog2.html>`__, and
+`part 3 <http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-prog3.html>`__,
+
+
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