Ian Farm
2026-Feb-13 22:45 UTC
[R] Seeking Guidance on Advancing Functional Programming Skills in R
Advanced R by Hadley Wickham has a helpful section on functional programming in R: https://adv-r.hadley.nz/fp.html Best of luck, Ian ____ Ian Farm Laboratory Manager, University of Maine Agroecology Lab On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 12:00?PM SAAD LAMJADLI <s.lamjadli at uca.ac.ma> wrote:> Dear R Users, > > I am looking for a roadmap to learn advanced functional programming in R. > > I have already read *Functional Programming* by Thomas Mailund, and I have > been studying base R functions to understand how they are written and to > learn from their design. I have analyzed and rewritten dozens of base R > functions, and this process has been very instructive. However, I still > find it difficult to write more complex and robust functions on my own. > > I would be very grateful for any advice you might have ? whether in the > form of recommended books, learning strategies, advanced resources, or > suggestions for progressing toward more advanced functional programming > skills in R. Additionally, I was wondering if there are any official > workshops, teaching sessions, or training initiatives focused on advanced > functional programming within the R ecosystem. > > Kind regards. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > https://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Arun Kumar Saha
2026-Feb-14 19:40 UTC
[R] Seeking Guidance on Advancing Functional Programming Skills in R
In the era of tools like ChatGPT, is it still worthwhile to invest significant effort in writing R programs from scratch? On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 at 04:16, Ian Farm <ian.farm at maine.edu> wrote:> > Advanced R by Hadley Wickham has a helpful section on functional > programming in R: > > https://adv-r.hadley.nz/fp.html > > Best of luck, > Ian > ____ > Ian Farm > Laboratory Manager, University of Maine Agroecology Lab > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 12:00?PM SAAD LAMJADLI <s.lamjadli at uca.ac.ma> wrote: > > > Dear R Users, > > > > I am looking for a roadmap to learn advanced functional programming in R. > > > > I have already read *Functional Programming* by Thomas Mailund, and I have > > been studying base R functions to understand how they are written and to > > learn from their design. I have analyzed and rewritten dozens of base R > > functions, and this process has been very instructive. However, I still > > find it difficult to write more complex and robust functions on my own. > > > > I would be very grateful for any advice you might have ? whether in the > > form of recommended books, learning strategies, advanced resources, or > > suggestions for progressing toward more advanced functional programming > > skills in R. Additionally, I was wondering if there are any official > > workshops, teaching sessions, or training initiatives focused on advanced > > functional programming within the R ecosystem. > > > > Kind regards. > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > > https://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide https://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
SAAD LAMJADLI
2026-Feb-15 12:54 UTC
[R] Seeking Guidance on Advancing Functional Programming Skills in R
Thanks a lot . Le ven. 13 f?vr. 2026 ? 23:45, Ian Farm <ian.farm at maine.edu> a ?crit :> Advanced R by Hadley Wickham has a helpful section on functional > programming in R: > > https://adv-r.hadley.nz/fp.html > > Best of luck, > Ian > ____ > Ian Farm > Laboratory Manager, University of Maine Agroecology Lab > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 12:00?PM SAAD LAMJADLI <s.lamjadli at uca.ac.ma> > wrote: > >> Dear R Users, >> >> I am looking for a roadmap to learn advanced functional programming in R. >> >> I have already read *Functional Programming* by Thomas Mailund, and I have >> been studying base R functions to understand how they are written and to >> learn from their design. I have analyzed and rewritten dozens of base R >> functions, and this process has been very instructive. However, I still >> find it difficult to write more complex and robust functions on my own. >> >> I would be very grateful for any advice you might have ? whether in the >> form of recommended books, learning strategies, advanced resources, or >> suggestions for progressing toward more advanced functional programming >> skills in R. Additionally, I was wondering if there are any official >> workshops, teaching sessions, or training initiatives focused on advanced >> functional programming within the R ecosystem. >> >> Kind regards. >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> https://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]