Craig Dickson wrote:
> I would think that if one wishes to learn functional programming, one would
> be best advised to start out solving problems that are well-suited to the
> functional paradigm -- where most of the solution involves manipulating the
> data in memory, rather than getting the data in or out of the program. The
> simplest Unix filters, such as cat and tee, don't fit this description. More
> complex filters such as grep (or even wc) would make much better learning
> projects.
>
wc would make a better starting spot as dealing with regular expressions
might be a bit much for a new user.
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Kevin Atkinson
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