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 # Functional Programming
 
 [**View as PDF**](https://lab.pages.eisfunke.com/fupro/slides.pdf)
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+These are slides for an introductory workshop about functional programming with Haskell. The slides themselves are quite terse and only meant as underpinning of a complete workshop or talk, if you want to learn Haskell by yourself, take a look at the great book [Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!](http://learnyouahaskell.com), you can read it for free online. The structure of these slides is loosely based on the book's structure.