[Tutor] Suggestions for a good book on functional programming

Danny Yoo dyoo@hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu
Tue, 5 Mar 2002 19:00:43 -0800 (PST)


On Wed, 6 Mar 2002, Karthik Gurumurthy wrote:

> Since most of the guys here have programmed on a pure functional
> languages before, can someone suggest a good book (haskell, scheme
> anything is fine) for the same. If i have to buy one which one w'd you
> recommend?

I feel obligated to do the cheerleader thing for Structure and
Interpretation of Computer Programs.

    http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/

Rah rah rah!  It's a wonderful book, and it's online too.



Good luck!