The Functional Approach to Programming

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Guy Cousineau (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris) Michel Mauny (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), Rocquencourt)

The Functional Approach to Programming

Guy Cousineau (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris), Michel Mauny (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), Rocquencourt), K. Callaway

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Cambridge University Press
28 December 1998

Functional programming

A programming course should concentrate on a program's logical structure and design rather than on simply writing code. The functional approach to programming achieves this aim because logical concepts are evident and programs are transparent, and so can be written quickly and cleanly. In this book, the authors emphasize the notions of function and relate programming to familiar concepts from mathematics and logic.

They introduce functional programming via examples but also explain what programs compute and how to reason about them. They show how the ideas can be implemented in the Caml language, a dialect of the ML family, and give examples of how complex programs from a variety of areas (such as arithmetic, tree algorithms, graph algorithms, text parsing and geometry) can be developed in close agreement with their specifications. Many exercises and examples are included throughout the book; solutions are also available. An appendix gives all the code used in the book in Standard ML.

By: Guy Cousineau (Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris), Michel Mauny (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), Rocquencourt)
Translated by: K. Callaway
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 189mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 820g
ISBN: 9780521576819
ISBN 10: 0521576814
Publication Date: 28 December 1998
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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"""...a valuable contribution to programming practice...Cousineau and Mauny convincingly demonstrate the elegance and conciseness of the functional approach."" Computing Reviews"

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The Functional Approach to Programming

Guy Cousineau (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris), Michel Mauny (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), Rocquencourt), K. Callaway

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