PragPub 2013-07: Issue #49

Table of Contents

Features

• Programming Elixir
  by Dave Thomas
  Elixir is a modern, functional programming language designed for high availability and concurrency. It has Ruby-like syntax married to the power and reliability of the Erlang VM. If you wanted to get into functional programming but were put off by the academic feel, now’s the time to jump in.
• Why Lisp Still Matters
  by Michael Bevilacqua-Linn
  This issue begins a series on the Clojure language by Michael Bevilacqua-Linn.
• An Interview with Tom Preston-Werner
  by Jack Kaufman
  The co-founder of GitHub chats about being an entrepreneur.
• Dependent Types III
  by Paul Callaghan
  In this final installment in his series on functional programming, Paul shows how much power can be packed into types.
• Living with Lambdas
  by Alfons Haffmans
  You can work in the functional programming paradigm in C++. And you may be surprised at how complete C++’s support for functional programming is.

Departments

• Up Front
  by Michael Swaine
  No, the guy on the back page isn’t David Crosby. Although we can see why you might think so.
• Choice Bits
  We follow Twitter so you don’t have to.
• Rothman & Lester
  by Johanna Rothman & Andy Lester
  Johanna and Andy share their networking secrets.
• Puzzle
  by Michael Swaine
  A short session in mental calisthenics.
• Calendar
  Want to meet one of the Pragmatic Bookshelf authors face-to-face? Here’s where they’ll be in the coming months.
• Bookshelf
  What’s new and what’s hot from the Pragmatic Bookshelf.
• Shady Illuminations
  by John Shade
  John doesn’t exactly review a book.
• Rear Window
  The personal computer revolution had its roots in 1970s counterculture.