What is the best alternative to Execution in the Kingdom of Nouns?

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score 7 · Answer 1

The Little Schemer

Top Pro

Aids in teaching programming logic as well as Scheme

"The Little Schemer" teaches Scheme while also challenging the readers thought process in order to improve overall programming abilities. See More

Top Con

Lack of detail for more difficult concepts

"The Little Schemer" does touch on more advanced Scheme concepts, however includes only a weak explanation of them. For more advanced topics, the sequel "The Seasoned Schemer", is required. See More

Top Pro

Creative and humorous teaching style

The authors write in a humorous and witty style that keeps the readers attention throughout the book. See More

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score 46 · Answer 2

Structure and Intepretation of Computer Programs

Top Pro

Knowledge can be applied to any language

This isn't a book you'll glean direct practical tidbits out of, an introduction to not only functional programming but how to think in a paradigm outside the usual way C*/Python/Ruby/Java/etc... are coded. Even if you wind up never working in Scheme or any other primarily functional language, the tactics and thought processes you'll learn here will apply to any currently-evolving language to a greater or lesser degree. You'll be able to map your thought process into the paradigm that works best for your current situation and not just be forced into a limited set of idioms that causes unnecessary boilerplate and clunky code mangling. See More

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Teaches very important programming concepts

Like closures and encapsulation without language support of objects. See More

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Very good for absolute beginners

This book gives a great insight about immutable and mutable state (with pros and cons), typisation, FP, OOP, and many other things in a very beginner-friendly manner See More

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score 3 · Answer 3

Professor Frisby's Mostly Adequate Guide to Functional Programming

Top Pro

Covers a wider range of topics than many books

Top Con

Shortage of real world examples

There are very few non-trivial examples given in the book. See More

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Free

It's available free on Github. See More

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Can submit pull requests to suggest improvements

You can submit issues to suggest improvements, or submit pull requests. Thanks to it being open source, it's constantly being improved and updated. See More

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Uses JavaScript

JavaScript is popular, ubiquitous, and has the necessary power to teach core concepts. See More

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score 4 · Answer 4

Real World Haskell

Top Con

Poorly organized and hard to follow

The book jumps around, includes confusing function names and many of the code examples don't compile. See More

Top Pro

Free

Available online for free. See More

Top Con

Not really "real world"

The book doesn't feel very "pragmatic". The title implies a practical approach to Haskell, but it takes way too long to be able to actually create something using this book as lot of time is spent on theory. See More

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