• Title: Real World Functional Programming: With Examples in F# and C#
• Author(s) Tomas Petricek, Jon Skeet and Yin Zhu
• Publisher: Manning Publications; Pap/Psc edition (January 22, 2010)
• Hardcover/Paperback: 500 pages
• eBook: HTML and PDF
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933988924
• ISBN-13: 978-1933988924
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Book Description

Functional programming languages like F#, Erlang, and Scala are attracting attention as an efficient way to handle the new requirements for programming multi-processor and high-availability applications. Microsoft's new F# is a true functional language and C# uses functional language features for LINQ and other recent advances.

This book is a unique tutorial that explores the functional programming model through the F# and C# languages. The clearly presented ideas and examples teach readers how functional programming differs from other approaches.

It explains how ideas look in F# - a functional language - as well as how they can be successfully used to solve programming problems in C#. Readers build on what they know about .NET and learn where a functional approach makes the most sense and how to apply it effectively in those cases.

The reader should have a good working knowledge of C#. No prior exposure to F# or functional programming is required.

• Tomas Petricek discovered functional programming as a graduate student at Charles University in Prague. He has been a Microsoft C# MVP since 2004 and is one of the most active members in the F# community.
• Jon Skeet is a Google software engineer working in London. A Microsoft C# MVP since 2003 and prominent C# community personality.

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