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When comparing The Passionate Programmer vs An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus, the Slant community recommends The Passionate Programmer for most people. In the question“What are the most influential books every programmer should read?” The Passionate Programmer is ranked 38th while An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus is ranked 43rd.
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Pros
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Pro Works with most programming languages
Lambda calculus can be done with paper and pencil, but any programming language with lambda (like Python) can work with it.
Pro Hard to put down
Learn how to build a functional programming language from first principles.
Pro Non-technical
This book doesn't assume any kind of math or programming knowledge beyond elementary school.
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Con Hard to pick up
The first chapter is reportedly not so good.