In this episode I talk with Fogus, author of The Joy of Clojure and Functional JavaScript. We cover his history with functional languages, working with JavaScript in a functional style, and digging into the history of software development.
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Joy of Clojure Chris Houser Clojure.coreRelevance (Now Cognitect) Missing the interesting conversations as part of Clojure.core team Core/async Fogus’ previous functional language experience What about Lisp appeals to Fogus Progression of Imperative to Functional to Logic programmingFunctional JavaScript Douglas CrockfordUnderscore Jeremy Ashkenas Ostrich purityLemonadBilby and Fantasy Land by Brian McKenna Structuring and organizing functional programs How to build your knowledge of the history of computingReading for the Rushed Follow footnotes/bibliography/references10 Technical Papers Every Programmer Should Read (At Least Twice)The History of Programming Languages Volume 2A Programming Language by Kenneth Iverson APLStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (from Amazon.com) Any book written before 1990Production Rule Systems in ClojureInfinite JestHouse of Leaves
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