Comments on: New Years Resolutions http://anilmakhijani.com/2009/01/02/new-years-resolutions/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:07:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jeevan http://anilmakhijani.com/2009/01/02/new-years-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-5151 Jeevan Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:07:02 +0000 http://anilmakhijani.com/?p=145#comment-5151 You better get on that last uncompleted resolution of learning a functional programming language...or maybe you want to modify it to a resolution to learn a spoken foreign language? You better get on that last uncompleted resolution of learning a functional programming language…or maybe you want to modify it to a resolution to learn a spoken foreign language?

]]> By: Anil http://anilmakhijani.com/2009/01/02/new-years-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Anil Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:49:30 +0000 http://anilmakhijani.com/?p=145#comment-160 @Rob: That book is definitely going on my reading list. Thanks for the link. @Rob: That book is definitely going on my reading list. Thanks for the link.

]]> By: Robert Marianski http://anilmakhijani.com/2009/01/02/new-years-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Robert Marianski Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:34:39 +0000 http://anilmakhijani.com/?p=145#comment-158 As far as functional languages, I think haskell, erlang, and lisp are all good choices. IMHO, they each have their own particular mindset, but they will all change the way you see things. There's a good lisp book that you can read online: http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/ As far as functional languages, I think haskell, erlang, and lisp are all good choices. IMHO, they each have their own particular mindset, but they will all change the way you see things.

There’s a good lisp book that you can read online: http://www.gigamonkeys.com/book/

]]> By: Randall http://anilmakhijani.com/2009/01/02/new-years-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Randall Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:42:29 +0000 http://anilmakhijani.com/?p=145#comment-157 Another consideration might be Scala. There seems to be some buzz around it. Another consideration might be Scala. There seems to be some buzz around it.

]]> By: Anil http://anilmakhijani.com/2009/01/02/new-years-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Anil Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:27:18 +0000 http://anilmakhijani.com/?p=145#comment-156 @slinkp: Thanks for the recommendation on "The Little Schemer", I'll make sure to check it out. I am not necessarily looking forward to doing anything useful with the functional language. I am just trying to expand the ways in which I look at problems. @slinkp: Thanks for the recommendation on “The Little Schemer”, I’ll make sure to check it out. I am not necessarily looking forward to doing anything useful with the functional language. I am just trying to expand the ways in which I look at problems.

]]> By: slinkp http://anilmakhijani.com/2009/01/02/new-years-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-155 slinkp Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:37:05 +0000 http://anilmakhijani.com/?p=145#comment-155 Functional programming: I realize this is terribly old-school, but on some of my morning commutes I've been working through The Little Schemer and really enjoying it. It's a lot more entertaining than most programming books. I've yet to do anything actually useful with Scheme though. Test-driven programming: It's more a mindset than anything. I think it's useful to try at least for the experience of doing it and what it teaches you about your own work habits. It's no silver bullet though... see for example http://theruntime.com/blogs/jacob/archive/2008/01/22/tdd-proven-effective-or-is-it.aspx The wikipedia article is a good jumping off point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development Functional programming: I realize this is terribly old-school, but on
some of my morning commutes I’ve been working through The Little
Schemer and really enjoying it. It’s a lot more entertaining than most
programming books. I’ve yet to do anything actually useful with Scheme
though.

Test-driven programming: It’s more a mindset than anything. I think it’s useful to try at least for the experience of doing it and what it teaches you about your own work habits. It’s no silver bullet though… see for example
http://theruntime.com/blogs/jacob/archive/2008/01/22/tdd-proven-effective-or-is-it.aspx

The wikipedia article is a good jumping off point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-driven_development

]]> By: Seb http://anilmakhijani.com/2009/01/02/new-years-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Seb Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:51:59 +0000 http://anilmakhijani.com/?p=145#comment-154 All my programming language aficionado friends choose to hack in Haskell. All my programming language aficionado friends choose to hack in Haskell.

]]> By: Anil http://anilmakhijani.com/2009/01/02/new-years-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Anil Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:24:37 +0000 http://anilmakhijani.com/?p=145#comment-153 @Randall: Rob Marianski also suggested Erlang so I might give that a shot. I have an account on GitHub as well: http://github.com/anil I think my problem is that I don't start pushing to github until my projects are a bit more mature, but I guess there is really no reason I shouldn't push projects there starting from the first commit. @Randall: Rob Marianski also suggested Erlang so I might give that a shot.

I have an account on GitHub as well: http://github.com/anil
I think my problem is that I don’t start pushing to github until my projects are a bit more mature, but I guess there is really no reason I shouldn’t push projects there starting from the first commit.

]]> By: Randall http://anilmakhijani.com/2009/01/02/new-years-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Randall Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:17:54 +0000 http://anilmakhijani.com/?p=145#comment-152 Programming language: Erlang? As far as contributing back to open source I just made a GitHub account. I think it's a really fantastic idea. Gives you your own scratch pad that other people can benefit from. Programming language: Erlang?

As far as contributing back to open source I just made a GitHub account. I think it’s a really fantastic idea. Gives you your own scratch pad that other people can benefit from.

]]> By: kortina http://anilmakhijani.com/2009/01/02/new-years-resolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-151 kortina Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:34:36 +0000 http://anilmakhijani.com/?p=145#comment-151 "Make a daily to do list with no more than three items." - love this idea. Embrace constraints! “Make a daily to do list with no more than three items.” – love this idea. Embrace constraints!

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