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Seven Languages in Seven Weeks

A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages

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An edition of Seven Languages in Seven Weeks (2010)

Seven Languages in Seven Weeks

A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages

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programming languages, Programming languages (Electronic computers), 0 Gesamtdarstellung, Lehrmittel, Programspråk, Programmiersprache
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Table of Contents

Foreword.
Page 11
Dedication.
Page 14
1. Introduction
Page 16
1.1. Method to the Madness
Page 16
1.2. The Languages
Page 18
1.3. Buy this Book
Page 20
1.4. Don’t Buy this Book
Page 21
1.5. Acknowledgements
Page 24
1.6. A final charge
Page 25
2. Ruby
Page 26
2.1. Quick history
Page 27
2.2. Day 1: Finding a nanny
Page 28
2.3. Day 2: Floating down from the sky
Page 36
2.4. Day 3: Serious change
Page 49
2.5. Wrapping Up Ruby
Page 56
3. Io
Page 60
3.1. Introducing Io
Page 60
3.2. Day 1: Skipping school, hanging out
Page 61
3.3. Day 2: The Sausage King
Page 74
3.4. Day 3: The Parade and Other Strange Places
Page 82
3.5. Wrapping Up Io
Page 91
4. Prolog
Page 95
4.1. About Prolog
Page 96
4.2. Day 1 An excellent driver
Page 96
4.3. Day 2: Fifteen Minutes to Wapner
Page 109
4.4. Day 3: Blowing up Vegas
Page 120
4.5. Wrapping Up
Page 132
5. Scala
Page 135
5.1. About Scala
Page 135
5.2. Day 1: The Castle on the Hill
Page 139
5.3. Day 2: Clipping bushes and other new tricks
Page 154
5.4. Day 3: Cutting through the fluff
Page 168
5.5. Wrapping Up Scala
Page 176
6. Erlang
Page 181
6.1. Introducing Erlang
Page 181
6.2. Day 1: Appearing Human
Page 185
6.3. Day 2: Changing Forms
Page 195
6.4. Day 3: The Red Pill
Page 206
6.5. Wrapping Up Erlang
Page 217
7. Clojure
Page 221
7.1. Introducing Clojure
Page 221
7.2. Day 1: Training Luke
Page 223
7.3. Day 2: Yoda and The Force
Page 241
7.4. Day 3: An Eye for Evil
Page 254
7.5. Wrapping Up Clojure
Page 263
8. Haskell
Page 268
8.1. Introducing Haskell
Page 268
8.2. Day 1: Logical
Page 269
8.3. Day 2: Spock’s Great Strength
Page 285
8.4. Day 3: The Mind Meld
Page 294
8.5. Wrapping Up Haskell
Page 309
9. Wrap up
Page 313
9.1. Coming Soon
Page 313
A. Bibliography
Page 314
Index.
Page 315

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Library of Congress
QA76.7 .T38 2010, QA76.7

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Number of pages
300

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ISBN 10
193435659X
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LCCN
2011420545
OCLC/WorldCat
620364575
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193435659X
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