 | Haskell: The Craft of Functional Programming (2nd Edition) by Simon Thompson
Buy new: $48.36 / Used from: $40.99 Solid introduction to Haskell and functional programming in general, though a bit cluttered with SICP-esque exercises for my taste
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 | Programming Ruby: The Pragmatic Programmers' Guide, Second Edition by Dave Thomas
Buy new: $29.67 / Used from: $8.49 Excellent introduction to that up-and-coming language Ruby and gives a couple good examples of metaprogramming
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 | Programming in Lua, Second Edition by Roberto Ierusalimschy
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $19.97 Much better than the reference manual for getting the flavor of the language and how to actually program in it. Really gives you a good sens of Lua's minimalistic, unique style.
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 | Classic Shell Scripting by Arnold Robbins
Buy new: $18.84 / Used from: $13.00 A good tutorial on sh syntax and using standard unix commands (cut,grep,sed,etc) both interactively and in scripts. Also good in a reference capacity for the various arcane commands.
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 | Python in a Nutshell, Second Edition (In a Nutshell (O'Reilly)) by Alex Martelli
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $16.00 The official Python tutorial is really better for learning Python, but this book is a very good reference that explores some of the more advanced subjects in Python. Python is surely one of the most elegant languages ever designed
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 | Practical Common Lisp by Peter Seibel
Buy new: $58.49 / Used from: $37.96 An pretty good primer on Common Lisp and some of its libraries, though a bit heavy on examples as would be expected by the word "practical" being in the title.
You'll seen that Greenspun's 10th Rule really isn't so much a statement on wheel reinvention as it is a testament to everything they managed to cram into CL.
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