There is a theory (or just hypothesis) on different brains and therefore thinking styles: predictive vs. functional.
So... maybe, if these ways of thinking are "built in" into the brains (genetically?), then some people will be functional programmers and others not ;-) Ciao, Oliver On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 01:50:01PM +0200, Jean Krivine wrote: > In the comments: > "Procedural programming is easier for humans to understand: most of us do no > not think in a way that maps easily to functional programming. " > > That a very functional thought to me :) > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 7:05 PM, Nicolas Bros <nicolas.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If a great OCaml guru/teacher wrote a great book, I'm sure it would have > >> great sales on Amazon (I'd buy it :) > > > > > > You may want to read this book : > > http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/oreilly-book/html/index.html > > > > It is the english translation of the french book "Développement > > d'applications avec Objective Caml": > > http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/Livres/ora/DA-OCAML/index.html > > http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/2841771210 > > > > -- > Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management and archives: > https://sympa-roc.inria.fr/wws/info/caml-list > Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners > Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs > -- Caml-list mailing list. Subscription management and archives: https://sympa-roc.inria.fr/wws/info/caml-list Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs
