Adding yet another
cul-de-sac to this thread.
For the last few days, I have been looking at functional programming idioms which can be used in many languages -- think sprinkling Lisp-isms to all coding.
For those interested, Perl is a good candidate for functional programming, & perhaps the best tome of the subject is Mark Jason Dominus'
free work:
http://hop.perl.plover.com/
...which is still available in dead tree form:
http://www.amazon.com/Higher-Order-P...her+order+perl
Enjoy!