Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!not-for-mail From: 7stud -- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby Subject: Re: anonymous closures with Proc,new, lambda and -> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:56:36 -0500 Organization: Service de news de lacave.net Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <52198c724199b47f9d59c43592238d37@ruby-forum.com> <26d555101380a80dba2c4c1f0f82ea08@ruby-forum.com> <2f016f7e1eb6e5c88c2ad0a5d43683b0@ruby-forum.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bristol.highgroove.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: talisker.lacave.net 1303405012 66463 65.111.164.187 (21 Apr 2011 16:56:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@lacave.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:56:52 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Received-From: This message has been automatically forwarded from the ruby-talk mailing list by a gateway at comp.lang.ruby. If it is SPAM, it did not originate at comp.lang.ruby. Please report the original sender, and not us. Thanks! For more details about this gateway, please visit: http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/the_gateway X-Mail-Count: 382006 X-Ml-Name: ruby-talk X-Rubymirror: Yes X-Ruby-Talk: Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.ruby:3319 Stu wrote in post #994213: > > As Robert pointed out Ruby may not be the best language to learn > functional programming concepts with. > I would agree with that. Functional programming is much different than creating a ruby closure. > Also is there a canonical or pedagogical tutorial for me to start > with? Hello, World! =) > Learn you a Haskell for great Good! http://learnyouahaskell.com/ Just start the tutorial, and see what you can see. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.