It is only 80 or so pages which made it jump to the top of my queue :). There wasn't really any one thing, it just made lots of things click. He describes a FP construct or principle and then shows the Java implementation.
I am currently in hammock time before I jump in with both feet, and My roadblock is seeing how I can implement things in a functional way. This book helped bridged that gap for me. My only criticism is that it was a bit too lightweight and short :) Sent from my iPad On 29 Jul 2011, at 22:04, ax2groin <ax2gr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can you provide a more detailed review? How did it help you? What > area(s) that it focused on did you find most useful? > > I've been playing with Clojure for nearly a year now, but it has just > been on my own. At work, however, it is just Java and C#. Of course, > I've also got several computer books waiting to be read, so > essentially I'm asking you to convince me to let this book jump the > queue. :^) > > > On Jul 29, 5:03 am, Colin Yates <colin.ya...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Not sure whether this is good etiquette or not, but I wanted to >> praisehttp://oreilly.com/catalog/0636920021667. I found it pretty useful in >> bridging the gap between OO and FP. It isn't Clojure specific, but as a >> (well established) Java/OO guy, this helped me "get FP". >> >> (not connected in anyway with the book or author other than through >> appreciation :)) > > -- > 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 -- 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
