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Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming?

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On 2014-02-16, Sam <lightaiyee@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to learn and try out functional programming (FP).
> I love Python and would like to use it to try FP. Some have
> advised me to use Haskell instead because Python is not a good
> language for FP. I am sort of confused at the moment. Is Python
> a dysfunctional programming language to apply FP? Can the more
> experienced Python users advise?

I recommend Scheme to learn functional programming style.

There's a short scheme tutorial that was entered in the
Interactive Fiction competition in 1998 or so. You can play it
online here, and try out functional programming on a scheme
interepreter implemented in Inform and running on a Z-machine
interpreter written in javascript. It was *my* first introduction
to functional programming.

http://www.eblong.com/zarf/if.html#lists

I purchased and really enjoyed Simply Scheme as a followup to
that mind-bending experience.

http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~bh/ss-toc2.html

I wouldn't recommend trying to learn anything at the same time as
learning Haskell. ;)

-- 
Neil Cerutti

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Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Sam <lightaiyee@gmail.com> - 2014-02-15 20:45 -0800
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 16:34 +1100
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-02-16 16:42 +1100
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2014-02-15 22:38 -0800
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 18:04 +1100
    Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Pat Johnson <p.johnson125@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 00:00 -0800
      Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-16 13:20 +0000
      Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 00:28 +1100
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-02-16 03:40 -0500
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 05:52 -0800
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Ryan <rymg19@gmail.com> - 2014-02-16 09:11 -0600
  Re: Can one use Python to learn and even apply Functional Programming? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2014-02-18 16:39 +0000

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