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Programming Distributed Computing Systems: A Foundational Approach
by Carlos A. Varela, Gul Agha
Description: Programming Distributed Computing Systems: A Foundational Approach covers the core theories of concurrent computation and programming languages used to build distributed and mobile computing environments. It presents foundational concepts essential to understanding distributed systems
ISBN: 0262018985
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tombert · 2019-07-09 · Original thread
I'm still learning, but I've really enjoyed this book [1]. It's pretty theory-heavy, especially at first, but overall I have found it fairly approachable.

Also, Tony Hoare's book on CSP is actually a fairly interesting read; certainly interesting if you like Go. You can actually download it legally free here: [2]

In regards to type theory, I'd recommend starting by learning Haskell, just to make the terminology a little less scary, then picking up the book "Basic Simple Type Theory" by J Roger Hindley. Don't let the name fool you, it's still pretty heavy stuff; there's no way I would have been able to get through it if I hadn't learned Haskell beforehand. [3]

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Distributed-Computing-Sys...

[2] http://usingcsp.com/

[3] https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Cambridge-Theoretical-Computer...