Beautiful Code, Compelling Evidence
by J.R. Heard
Publisher: Renaissance Computing Institute 2008
Number of pages: 33
Description:
The book discusses why functional programming, and more specifically Haskell, is good for graphics and also runs through some of the basic tools that exist. Written for a programmer interested in visualization and open to the aesthetic advantages of functional programming.
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