Did it with .NET - Confused? Time to Catch Up!

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Are you confused by all of the talk about functional programming going on in the world of C# these days? If so, maybe it's time to play a little catch up.

There are a lot of resources available that you can go to but the most valuable that I've found are the video lectures by Hal Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman from MIT's Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs course. These lectures were given in 1986 and may look a bit dated (I saw one guy in the class that looks like "Rusty" from "National Lampoon's Vacation") but the content is fantastic.

You can download the video lectures here.

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posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:37:27 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

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