Purely Functional Data Structures
Chris Okasaki
10 people recommended it in 9 threads, 2011–2022.
What people on Hacker News said
Purely Functional Data Structures by Chris Okasaki broadened how I think about algorithmic complexity analysis, after decades of mostly imperative programming.
Okasaki's Purely Functional Data Structures is a nice introduction to some algorithms and data structures suitable in a purely functional setting.
Purely Functional Data Structures by Chris Okasaki was also really useful for Haskell, as was Real World Haskell.
Purely functional data structures by Chris Okasaki. Just totally changed my perspective about all sorts of things in computer science.
As well as being one of the most advanced comp-sci books I've ever read, it's truly mind-expanding in every possible way.
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