Resources

• Read the previous chapters of The road to better programming.
  
  
• The comp.lang.functional FAQ offers a wide array of information on all aspects of functional programming languages, including general topics, such as history and motivation, journals and conferences, and schools and workshops; technical topics, such as performance and applications; and other resources, such as Web pages, research groups, and newsgroups. This is the best starting point for anyone interested in learning more about functional programming.
  
  
• Go to the Schwartzian transform for "Far More Than Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About Sorting."
  
  
• Read A Fresh Look at Efficient Perl Sorting by Uri Guttman and Larry Rosler.
  
  
• Read Teodor's other Perl articles in the developerWorks "Cultured Perl" series:
  • A programmer's Linux-oriented setup
  • Application configuration with Perl
  • Automating UNIX system administration with Perl
  • Debugging Perl with ease
  • The elegance of JAPH
  • Genetic algorithms applied with Perl
  • One-liners 101
  • Parsing with Perl modules
  • Perl 5.6 for C and Java programmers
  • Reading and writing Excel files with Perl
  • Review of Programming Perl, Third Edition
  • Small observations about the big picture
  • Writing Perl programs that speak English
  
  
• Browse more Linux resources on developerWorks.
  
  
• Browse more Open source resources on developerWorks.