How about recommending a Scala book instead of Java? That would teach a functional mindset, and on stepping back to Java, they'd just have a different syntax for types, and some missing stuff.
On the Java side, I own "A Little Java, a Few Patterns" by Friedmann and Felleisen. This would certainly not make them impervious to anything functional, but I don't think it serves as a general introduction to Java. Maybe it would be suitable in addition to another book. I can second the recommendation of "Effective Java".
- Chris
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Ivan Perez
<ivanperezdominguez@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, cafe,
I find myself in the unusual position of having to recommend a few
books on Java to people who want to use it professionally. As the people
demanding this live in Burundi, I can't really say "Learn Haskell".
Odds are they won't find a job there if they don't use mainstream languages.
Is there any book on Java that approaches the language in a way
that doesn't make programmers impervious to FP and Haskell?
Not meaning to insult anybody here, I too learned Java before Haskell.
But I also think it made learning Haskell much more difficult.
Cheers,
Ivan.
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