How to make the transition to functional programming?
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Lately, I have been very intrigued with F# which I have been working a bit with. Coming mostly from Java and C#, I like how concise and easily understandable it is. However, I believe that my background with these imperative languages disturb my way of thinking when programming in F#. I found a comparison of the imperative and functional approach, and I surely do recognize the "imperative way" of programming, but I also find it difficult to define problems to fit well with the functional...
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Having spent decades writing imperative, i.e. If and While statements, and logical, i.e. PROLOG, programs...
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I am 3rd year CS student from BITS . I've been solving problems on Spoj for about an year now and have solved around 200 problems. But I don't usually participate in programming contests. Basically, I want to know how is topcoder better than Spoj? And...
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Thanks for the A2A. I would suggest shifting to Topcoder ASAP. If you have time management problems...
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Don't worry about your rank.. Get the best you can get in this order whatever is your rank: 1) CS at...
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Quick summary: My educational & work experience relates to computer hardware & architecture, but I'm strongly considering making a move to software development. I have no idea how to go about this, what to expect, and can really use some advice...
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I think Rose Wiegley is mostly on the right track. For the past couple of decades, hardware has really...
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So I'm 25, and I have a wonderful, stable job in a wonderful, stable industry as a mechanical engineer, and I'm slowly realizing that my actual calling is in computer science. Shit. I'm not in desperate circumstances, so help me to plan my career move...
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I took a couple of programming classes in high school, and loved them, did great in them! I took matlab...
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I am currently a public high school teacher teaching science and would very much like to transition into data and policy analytics, with a particular bent on computer programming and economic analysis. What are ways I can transition into these fields...
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I am also navigating this path, though my circumstances are a little different. If you don't quite know...
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Asking for a friend: I am currently a postdoc who researches black holes, but I'm interested in changing fields. In particular, I'd like to do something in climate science. How can I go about this? I imagine performing weather simulations would be a...
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I am an ecologist and knew several post-docs when I was in grad school whose PhDs were in another computational...
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Right now everyone in our family, but especially my young son, watches too much TV (or shows on iPad). I'd like to cut it down a lot ideally, but realistically to under what is generally recommended the "safe maximum" for young children. Everything...
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Well, my take is, it's not going to work to assign your wife to deal with this while you're at work...
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Worked full time in assorted office jobs since 2004 while going to community college. In 2012, I started a (part-time) degree at University of Pennsylvania and in Fall 2015 (maybe Spring 2016) I will graduate with a psychology bachelor's degree. I have...
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Business analysts make about your target salary doing what you like, and there's room for growth. Project...
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Obviously they did this to get a more general low-brow audience, but how did they make the transition and why? Were they bought out and forced to remove all intellectual content from their programming?
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The Internet took over their turf. Back in 1985 when the Discovery Channel launched it was a way of...
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