[jstrieb]

I've recently used a number of structures that I learned from this book. Though I don't know if the text represents the state of the art in purely functional data structures, it's a pretty seminal work in the area.

[UncleMeat]

Nowhere near the state of the art. Lots of improvements since this was published.

It is a good book for learning. It is a decent book for reference. When you want to really fly you will want to reach for more recent work.

[hardlianotion]

Examples of more recent work for us non-specialists?

[nequo]

See the commenter here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36125110

[hardlianotion]

Missed it - thanks