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Real World Haskell: Code You Can Believe In
by: Bryan O'Sullivan, John Goerzen, Donald Stewart

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 10 to 12 days Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9780596514983
ISBN: 0596514980
Label: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Manufacturer: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 710
Publication Date: December 05, 2008
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Studio: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Sales Rank: 3006

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- The wrong way to teach (programming)
I really wanted to like this book. The title alone seems so appealing. Instead of the usual, often dry, approach to teaching functional programming by means of mostly mathematical examples, this book takes a completely different approach by using realistic problems. At the same time the book seems targeted at people new to both Haskell and functional programming in general. Sadly, after reading this book I no longer think this is a viable approach to teaching.

Subjects are introduced as a "side-effect" (no pun intended) of developing fairly complex realistic programs. The authors seem eager to prove that Haskell can indeed be used for this. Unfortunately, this means they lose track of the teaching aspect. Not only do you have to ... Read More:

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