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WikiBooks: Haskell
Haskell is a functional programming language. If you are a seasoned programmer, consult the overview to see what makes Haskell unique and different to other languages.
Haskell is distinct in a few ways:
Haskell is pure. A function when invoked using the same arguments every time will return the same result.
Haskell is lazy. Evaluations are performed only when needed.
Haskell provides a modern type system with state of the art features like typeclasses and generalized algebraic data types (soon enough, terms like those will roll smoothly off your tongue).
Haskell is enjoyable to use because dealing with pure functions makes code much easier to reason about, and the advanced type system helps catch silly and profound mistakes.
Our aim in this book is to introduce you to the Haskell programming language--from the very basics to advanced features--and to computer programming in general. We urge seasoned programmers to be especially patient with this process. The languages you are familiar with are likely to differ greatly from Haskell, and the habits acquired from those languages might make it difficult to understand how things work−Haskell is simple, but different. Learning to see the world through the warped mindset of a functional programmer is an adventure in a brave new world, which brings knowledge valuable far beyond the boundaries of any language.
Haskell is distinct in a few ways:
Haskell is pure. A function when invoked using the same arguments every time will return the same result.
Haskell is lazy. Evaluations are performed only when needed.
Haskell provides a modern type system with state of the art features like typeclasses and generalized algebraic data types (soon enough, terms like those will roll smoothly off your tongue).
Haskell is enjoyable to use because dealing with pure functions makes code much easier to reason about, and the advanced type system helps catch silly and profound mistakes.
Our aim in this book is to introduce you to the Haskell programming language--from the very basics to advanced features--and to computer programming in general. We urge seasoned programmers to be especially patient with this process. The languages you are familiar with are likely to differ greatly from Haskell, and the habits acquired from those languages might make it difficult to understand how things work−Haskell is simple, but different. Learning to see the world through the warped mindset of a functional programmer is an adventure in a brave new world, which brings knowledge valuable far beyond the boundaries of any language.
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Wikimedia Foundation
69 books4 followersWikimedia Foundation, Inc. is an American non-profit charitable organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States. It is organized under the laws of the state of Florida, where it was initially based. It operates several online collaborative wiki projects including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons, Wikispecies, Wikinews, Wikiversity, Wikimedia Incubator, Meta-Wiki and owns the now-defunct Nupedia. Its flagship project, Wikipedia, ranks in the top-ten most-visited websites worldwide. The creation of the foundation was officially announced on June 20, 2003, by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, who had been operating Wikipedia under the aegis of his company Bomis.
The Wikimedia Foundation falls under section 501(c) of the US Internal Revenue Code as a public charity. Its National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code is C60 (Adult, Continuing Education). The foundation's by-laws declare a statement of purpose of collecting and developing educational content and to disseminate it effectively and globally.
The Wikimedia Foundation's stated goal is to develop and maintain open content, wiki-based projects and to provide the full contents of those projects to the public free of charge. This is possible thanks to its Terms of Use (updated and approved on June 2009, to adopt CC-BY-SA license).
For further reading:
link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia
The Wikimedia Foundation falls under section 501(c) of the US Internal Revenue Code as a public charity. Its National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code is C60 (Adult, Continuing Education). The foundation's by-laws declare a statement of purpose of collecting and developing educational content and to disseminate it effectively and globally.
The Wikimedia Foundation's stated goal is to develop and maintain open content, wiki-based projects and to provide the full contents of those projects to the public free of charge. This is possible thanks to its Terms of Use (updated and approved on June 2009, to adopt CC-BY-SA license).
For further reading:
link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia
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