Really? If you're going to explain new concepts to people it pays to take it slowly. I remember when I first studied functional programming (at university) - it took me a few weeks to really get a grasp, and a lot of people found it harder than I did.
Agreed. Having neither any formal comp-sci education at uni level (astrophysics, while fun, doesn't really prepare you for a career in programming), nor come across functional programming before (or if I have, not realising it as such), it's nice to find an article that makes no assumptions and clarifies the basic principles.
Having skim-read the article I can see the fundamental ideas behind it and, once the boss gets round to upgrading my VS version, actually have an interest in going and looking at F# now.
Hearty assent -- the most admirable instructional book in my former professional field (ornamental horticulture) was an early edition of "The Sunset Magazine Western Garden Book". The writers obviously assumed both that the readers would be reasonably intelligent and would know practically nothing about the subject. And they arranged their presentation in such a way that you could start skimming rapidly, then slow down when you reached your level, and find what you need to know. I've not been forunate enough to find such works in the general computer field.
Lo's filing specifically sought a restraining order against law enforcement, asking that officers not be allowed to harm him if he had to harm someone else.
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andrewducker) wrote2010-04-09 12:00 pm
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Boy, they really don't seem to think much of the intelligence of the average .NET developer, do they? :/
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Having skim-read the article I can see the fundamental ideas behind it and, once the boss gets round to upgrading my VS version, actually have an interest in going and looking at F# now.
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*bangs head against wall for a while*
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It's your lucky day!
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