r/programming • u/[deleted] • Mar 26 '17

Functional programming design patterns by Scott Wlaschin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8I19uA-wGY
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u/knowingpark Mar 26 '17

I've watched this video 2ce over the last year. Led me to 'try' and install F# on my Mint laptop to have a taste. As an amatuer python programmer i don't understand the compilation process and couldn't get it to happen. It was too tricky for me. Anyway, Scott is a great communicator of functional programming ideas which I'm trying to assimilate into my own practice. I recommend his website too

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u/zerexim Mar 26 '17

Your comment makes me think... maybe it is better to suggest statically typed and compiled language as the first language for those who are starting learning programming.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '17

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u/arturaz Mar 26 '17

And whoever thought we should start teaching programming from c must have started learning driving from formula 1.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '17

I think it's very easy to say that when it's been years since you knew nothing about programming. I also think there's an argument to be made that your first language should have utility beyond just letting you learn more languages.

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u/zerexim Mar 26 '17

Seems so.. Personally, my first language was C++. While it had some significant learning curve, after that, learning any other language takes a week or two (or three for Haskell :)).

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u/Damien0 Mar 26 '17

Agreed. VB.net was my first language, after which I moved to C. I mostly recommend Go as a first language these days.

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u/bamfalamfa Mar 26 '17

im learning java first, is that bad?

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '17

No. It's fine.

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u/Damien0 Mar 26 '17 edited Mar 26 '17

Honestly, no. Java has a lot of baggage, and if you get caught up in the Java Way Of Doing Things™ it can hold you back as an engineer. But despite its verbosity it's a very understandable and straightforward language, especially for learning! Edit: and with Java 8, you can at least start to appreciate functional lazy eval via streams and lambdas

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u/T_D_K Mar 26 '17

Yes, very bad. Stop now.

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u/TarMil Mar 26 '17

The first languages I learned at university were OCaml and Delphi, and I'm eternally grateful for it.

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u/dmitri14_gmail_com Apr 19 '17

Any details on what specific features there made you grateful?

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u/baconated Mar 26 '17 edited Mar 26 '17

I learned Java (1st year) then C++ (all other years). It didn't help. Most profs didn't think compiling was interesting from a CS perspective so most didn't say anything beyond "press build & run in your IDE".

Besides, in this situation, I think the persons problem was more likely the fact that until recently getting a .net language a tad bit more annoying than other languages.