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Seven Languages in Seven Weeks

The Book

The Book   BMCOL

https://pragprog.com/book/btlang/

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Cover   BMCOL

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Foreward   B_quote

Ultimately, programming is about understanding, and understanding is about ideas. So, exposure to new ideas is essential to a deeper understanding of what programming is all about.

— Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang

Method to the Madness

  • What is the typing model?
  • What is the programming model?
  • How will you interact with it?
  • What are the decision constructs and core data structures?
  • What are the core features that make the language unique?

The Languages

  1. Ruby
  2. Io
  3. Prolog
  4. Scala
  5. Erlang
  6. Closure
  7. Haskell

A Final Charge   B_quote

Have fun