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Resources for improving your comprehension of recursion? [closed]

I know what recursion is (when a patten reoccurs within itself, typically a function that calls itself on one of its lines, after a breakout conditional... right?), and I can understand recursive ...
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What's a good math textbook to have on my desk while studying Haskell? [closed]

I just started learning Haskell and it seems like you can't get too far in the language without being comfortable ( or at least exposed ) to certain branches of mathematics. Unfortunately I have major ...
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Is Haskell's type system an obstacle to understanding functional programming?

I'm studying Haskell for the purpose of understanding functional programming, with the expectation that I'll apply the insight that I gain in other languages (Groovy, Python, JavaScript mainly.) I ...
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Does Clojure have the continuation?

I started programming with Python. When using python, concepts like coroutine, closure made me really confusing. Now I think I know them some superficial level, but I want to get the "enlightement" ...
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I cannot understand the application of oops How can I develop the understanding of application of oops?

I am struggling hard to learn the application of Object Oriented Programming since last 2 years. I am a developer in PHP technology, I am aware of almost all the basics of OOPS, but still cannot find ...
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Beautiful Erlang Code

I'm trying to learn more about Erlang than the toy projects I've been playing with. To this end, I'm reading through Programming Erlang and some of the archives from Armstrong on Software. I would ...
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What are functional-programming ways of implementing Conway's Game of Life

I recently implemented for fun Conway's Game of Life in Javascript (actually coffeescript but same thing). Since javascript can be used as a functional language I was trying to stay to that end of ...
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Haskell AND Lisp vs. Haskell OR Lisp

I currently code with C, C++, and Python. I'm wanting to pick up a functional programming language, and right now I'm leaning toward Haskell. I do NOT want to start a "Haskell vs Lisp" war here; what ...
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Which functional language is good for a beginner? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Choosing a functional programming language I am a C++ programmer looking to learn a functional language as a hobby and out of sheer curiosity. I am not looking to be an ...
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How to evaluate how well one knows functional programming

I've been wondering how to determine if I know functional programming. By know I mean in a Journeyman sense, not a master, but competent enough to do the work. I like languages w/ query/data shaping ...
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Post undergraduate learning materials for programmers

I've noticed that a substantial percentage of questions fall in "What should I learn next to improve my programming?" and "Where can I find good material for study to improve my programming?" and it'd ...