Hi all, I am starting to learn Clojure after buying the book 7 Languages in 7 Weeks (really interesting read) and working through the examples there. But my background is PHP (and no Computer Science degree) so my understanding of data structures and in general, my understanding of low-level CS ideas, is pretty limited to say the least - PHP only has arrays (which I read are only 'ordered hash tables' in fact) and objects so I've never had to think hard about which data structures to use, nor how they actually work.
So I guess I'm asking whether anyone can recommend some good primers on data structures, both as they relate to Clojure, but also how they work in the fundamentals - e.g. what exactly is the classic model of an 'array' and how does it work, etc. I have read the various performance commitments for the data-types in Clojure on the .org site but even things like Big O notation are still pretty new to me. I'm sure this stuff is pretty basic for many, but I don't know it and would like to! I'm not afraid of some heavy reading; I'd rather get a really deep and solid grasp of the fundamentals, then a quick surface-level solution. If I'm to develop as a programmer I feel like I need to get looking under the hood as it were, even though I can get by in PHP (for the most part anyway) without this kind of understanding. Thanks in advance, Nic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
