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by notduncansmith 3694 days ago
Rich Hickey's talks are top-notch and a great introduction to the pillars of functional programming.

One thing notably absent from those talks (and Clojure itself) is the power of a good type system. I think Elm is a good introduction to that, as well as a solid FP language with good docs and a helpful compiler, and putting the "transformation over stream of inputs" at the forefront of your program design. Looking into other FRP talks (specifically I think Netflix has one or more good ones) is a good idea as well.