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</description></item><item><title>re: What this Tutorial Covers</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/ericwhite/pages/Why-Learn-Functional-Programming_3F00_.aspx#3922870</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3922870</guid><dc:creator>Arnaud Weil</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks for this tutorial, it sounds just great: I'm an OOP programmer discovering those concepts, after all...&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>The Main Scenario for Functional Programming</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/ericwhite/pages/Why-Learn-Functional-Programming_3F00_.aspx#8517195</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 14:51:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8517195</guid><dc:creator>Eric White's Blog</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[Table of Contents] [Next Topic] So I mentioned that certain type of problems lend themselves to a functional&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Object Dumper: An Invaluable Tool for Writing Code in the Functional Programming Style</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/ericwhite/pages/Why-Learn-Functional-Programming_3F00_.aspx#8867479</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:56:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8867479</guid><dc:creator>Eric White's Blog</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;When developing C# programs in the functional programming style, you often need to dump out a collection&lt;/p&gt;
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