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Reg "raganwald" Braithwaite's account for discussing functional programming and shamelessly plugging essays about programming.

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Try it, you will get the best results if you literally begin like a beginner rather than trying to map its concepts to how other languages work.

I will also strongly recommend SmallTalk's environment, where you can meta-reprogram inheritance while your program is running live.
February 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Followed by

Time, Space, and Life as We Know It

https://raganwald.com/2016/12/27/recursive-data-structures.html

(I believe Bill Gosper's HashLife algorithm belongs in Erdos' book.)
Why Recursive Data Structures?
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December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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And a two-parter in #javascript

Why Recursive Data Structures?

https://raganwald.com/2016/12/27/recursive-data-structures.html
Why Recursive Data Structures?
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December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM