awesome dude!!! Thanks for the book recommendation...I'll take a look at those when I can. Right now I am just eager to get my code working ;)
On Oct 27, 1:18 pm, Aravindh Johendran <ajohend...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Oct 27, 8:24 am, Glen Rubin <rubing...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > wow, i think you just went way over my head. First off a very naive > > question: I thought all clojure programming was functional, as long as > > you are not using refs, agents, or other mutable values etc...?? > > You are mostly right. And there are varying degrees of functional > programming and various associated styles, meaning you can use > functions to do a lot of things that you didn't think was possible. > Functional programming is very rich and deep in paradigms and they > take time to understand and master. > > What people refer to as idiomatic clojure, I think, is a style reliant > on laziness and higher order functions. It makes for clean and > succinct code. But there is a lot more to functional programming than > idiomatic clojure. > > The example I provided is in what's called the Continuation Passing > Style. Functions are created on the fly to hold values. It is very > thought provoking. It is also very basic, meaning it uses nothing more > than the simplest lisp primitives. > > I highly recommend the books Little Schemer and Seasoned Schemer. They > are fun and a LOT of light bulbs went on in my head. Once you are done > with those books, terms like Y Combinator, continuations, continuation > passing style (CPS), etc will not intimidate you. You'll gain an > appreciation for the core tenets of functional programming. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
