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OverviewA programming course should concentrate as much as possible on a program's logical structure and design rather than simply show how to write code. The Functional Approach to Programming achieves this aim because logical concepts are evident and programs are transparent so can be written quickly and cleanly. In this book the authors emphasise the notions of function and function application which 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Guy Cousineau (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris) , Michel Mauny (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA), Rocquencourt) , K. CallawayPublisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) ISBN: 9781139173018ISBN 10: 1139173014 Publication Date: 05 June 2012 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Undefined Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available To Order ![]() We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Language: English Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Basic Principles: 1. Expressions; 2. Data structures; 3. Semantics; 4. Imperative aspects; Part II. Applications: 5. Exact arithmetic; 6. Formal terms, filtering, and unification; 7. Balanced trees; 8. Graphs and problem resolution; 9. Syntactic analysis; 10. Geometry and designs; Part III. Implementation: 11. Evaluation; 12. Compilation; 13. Types and typing; Appendix 1. Help for Caml Light 0.6; Appendix 2. How to Get Caml, MLgraph, and the examples; Bibliography; Index.Reviews...a valuable contribution to programming practice...Cousineau and Mauny convincingly demonstrate the elegance and conciseness of the functional approach. Computing Reviews """...a valuable contribution to programming practice...Cousineau and Mauny convincingly demonstrate the elegance and conciseness of the functional approach."" Computing Reviews" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |