But for those fence-sitters out there, the book really isn't noticably targetted towards Java people (at least, i never got that impression). I haven't used java in years, and I didn't enjoy it when I did use it, but I thought the book was great. It really made a great case for Erlang, and explains the language well.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 31/08/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Joe Armstrong</b> <<a href="mailto:erlang@gmail.com">erlang@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex">
The book was specifically written with Java programmers in mind.<br><br>When I started the book my target audience was Erlang programmers - but<br>Dave Thomas soon convinced me that I was wrong and that I should target<br>
Java programmers. As the book progressed we tested the text on some<br>tame Java programmers and adjusted the text to suit the audience.<br><br>No previous knowledge of any functional programming language is assumed<br>and the introduction to unfamiliar concepts like "assign once variables" is
<br>taken pretty slowly with lots of examples.<br><br>/Joe Armstrong<br><br><br><br>On 8/31/07, Lone Wolf <<a href="mailto:hubaghdadi@yahoo.ca">hubaghdadi@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi.<br>> I'm an enterprise Java developer.
<br>> What is the best way to learn Erlang language from the scratch?<br>> Can I depend on the new PragmaticProgrammer book "Programming Erlang" ? or<br>> this books assumes the reader is Erlang programmer ?
<br>> BTW, I don't know "Functional Programming" at all.<br>> Thanks.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing,<br>> Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dreamed before.
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