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Comment author: JMiller 12 February 2014 08:49:45PM 1 point [-]

I am not sure if this deserves it's own post. I figured I would post here and then add it to discussion if there is sufficient interest.

I recently started reading Learn You A Haskell For Great Good. This is the first time I have attempted to learn a functional language, and I am only a beginner in Imperative languages (Java). I am looking for some exercises that could go along with the e-book. Ideally, the exercises would encourage learning new material in a similar order to how the book is presented. I am happy to substitute/compliment with a different resource as well, if it contains problems that allow one to practice structurally. If you know of any such exercises, I would appreciate a link to them. I am aware that Project Euler is often advised; does it effectively teach programming skills, or just problem solving? (Then again, I am not entirely sure if there is a difference at this point in my education).

Thanks for the help!

Comment author: adbge 12 February 2014 09:06:57PM *  3 points [-]
Comment author: JMiller 12 February 2014 09:32:33PM 0 points [-]

Awesome, thanks so much! If you were to recommend one of these resources to begin with, which would it be?

Comment author: adbge 12 February 2014 09:39:41PM 0 points [-]

Awesome, thanks so much!

Happy to help!

If you were to recommend one of these resources to begin with, which would it be?

I like both Project Euler and 99 Haskell problems a lot. They're great for building success spirals.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 12 February 2014 09:08:47PM *  0 points [-]

Why are you committed to that book? SICP is well-tested introductory textbook with extensive exercises . Added: I meant to say that it is functional.

Comment author: JMiller 12 February 2014 09:31:15PM 0 points [-]

I'm not. The reason I picked it up was because it happens to be the book recommended in MIRI's course suggestions, but I am not particularly attached to it. Looking again, it seems they do actually recommend SICP on lesswrong, and Learnyouahaskell on intelligence.org.

Thanks for the suggestion.

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