Re: [tlug] recomendations for a functional language

[Alan Busby <thebusby@example.com>]

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Attila Kinali <attila@example.com> wrote:

And if you have recomendations for other types of languages
i should have a look at, don't forget to mention them too ;-) 

 

You might be interested in Clojure, it's a functional lisp that runs on the JVM and would cover functional programming as well as macros, DSLs, etc. Clojure and Scala are the big two new languages in the Java community now. The value of running on the JVM really can't be understated, since it offers access to production quality libraries for just about everything.

A good book would be,

http://www.amazon.co.jp/Programming-Clojure-Pragmatic-Programmers-Halloway/dp/1934356336/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=english-books&qid=1257078893&sr=8-1

Just my $0.02,

     Alan Busby