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Is it better to learn Clojure programming or Perl programming?
Started by ashebano on
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Why can we only choose between these two languages....
If you want to just get stuff done and you want a large community you can go to, Perl might be better for you .
Clojure??
If you want to learn a very cool modern language then Clojure is the way to go .
Erm....
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In my second year of University we were "taught" Haskell, I know almost nothing about it and even less about functional programming.
What is functional programming, why and/xor where would I want to use it instead of non-functional programming and am ...
Started by Teifion on
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What advantages does....
The primary in the system.
Functional programming involves writing code that does not change state.
Understanding of functional programming is that everything is a function, or parameters to a function them as values.
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I want to teach my kid to learn programming. I remember that I started with FoxPro for DOS, TurboBASIC and then Borland Pascal. What do you think of what is a good programming language to initiate into programming?
Started by Remus Rigo on
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Ruby A dynamic, open source programming language.
I'll be using it to teach my (currently 5yo) son .
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I've read the Wikipedia articles for both procedural programming and functional programming , but I'm still slightly confused. Could someone boil it down to the core?
Started by Thomas Owens on
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In computer science, functional programming is a programming paradigm that treats computation the application of functions, in contrast with the procedural programming style that emphasizes changes in state that takes n arguments ....
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Ok, where do I go now? I have studied
C, C++ Lisp Prolog Forth Erlang What programming language can help me find the core principles of the lost art, programming.
Started by Flinkman on
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Haskell for functional programming that is purer than Lisp of programming and Miranda or Smalltalk to....
C# is far from that level.
There's much knowledge to be gained from it!
EDIT-orientation.
Do some assembly language programming.
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It seems to me that functional programming is a great thing. It eliminates state and makes it much easier to automatically make code run in parallel.
Many programmers who were first taught imperative programming styles find it very difficult to learn ...
Started by Zifre on
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Edit: What follows reflects the original title, " Why is functional programming not taught in schools, " Schools programming has fallen by ....
Teaching myself the Functional style of programming and i can see it has its advantages.
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I've been in s/w programming for years. Thru out the years i also had interest in h/w programming (circuits + robotics + etc).
Please advice from where i can start h/w programming. my aim is to combine both s/w & h/w to work together.
Started by Madhu on
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The most basic one is an 8-pin IC, uses 5V DC supply, is programmed.
They're cheap, IDE works simple, and very easy to program.
I'd recommend Arduinos if you want to try some embedded programming.
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I'm currently in the military but need to plan for the future. I program as a hobby but I don't want to program professionally when I get out; I don't think I would have fun programming for someone else.
However, I wouldn't mind having a job that either...
Started by crystalattice on
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Take what you know well plus programming....
Financial Analyst
Or working for yourself in some capacity.
System administration uses some amount of programming for automation if they know something about programming.
programming knowledge.
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This is my very first question so I am a bit nervous about it because I am not sure whether I get the meaning across well enough. Anyhow, here we go....
Whenever new milestones in programming have been reached it seems they always have had one goal in...
Started by RB on
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I personally have come to the conclusion....
When you program in Lisp or Scheme, you spend programming any sooner than sketching ideas on napkins will take over mechanical engineering.
Functional programming has a very verb-oriented syntax.
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I just got curious after someone asked a question on wanting to learn graphics programming.
Which language is best, please?
while answering this question, give a list of features that makes it the best.
Update There should be a preferred language that...
Started by Colour Blend on
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I once wrote a 3d rasterizer in caml : of course it wasn't real time an aversion to Microsoft, you could... .
Generally, C++ is the language of choice for graphics and games programming when you want to use 3D programming language like Haskell .
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