Time to go Functional
In my college days I avoided functional programming languages such as LISP and Prolog like the plague. Recently I decided to revisit and learn a functional language. My choice of language is Erlang (as you can see from my last post).
One of the primary reasons I chose Erlang over other functional languages is Erlang's ability to handle concurrency and distributed programming. Before I get into concurrent programming using Erlang I need to learn the basics. I started my Erlang adventure by reading Getting Started with Erlang. I would recommend anyone that is interesting in Erlang to start there. I found the reading was easy and helpful for someone who doesn't know anything about Erlang. Like many other dynamic lanaguages, Erlang comes with an interpreter. I found it very helpful to enter the code into the interpreter while I'm reading the examples. Next step is to read Joe Armstrong's book: Programming Erlang Maybe one day I can find a good use for Erlang.
