Fun Of Programming, The

Description:
What will be the next revolution in software technology to follow XML and generics? Whatever it may be, it is likely to come from functional programming, where many of the key ideas of the last decade originated. In this textbook, the leading researchers of the field take you on a tour of the current hot topics in functional programming, with applications ranging from financial contracts to circuit design. There are also chapters on new idioms for structuring programs, such as monads and arrows. All new concepts are illustrated with many examples, and exercises appear throughout to further enliven the material. Several of the chapters describe a substantial piece of software, and most of these programs are collected on a website for free downloading. This book was edited in honour of Richard S.Bird, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, on his 60th birthday.

Table of Contents:
Preface Fun with Binary Heap Trees; C.Okasaki Specification-based Testing with QuickCheck; K.Claessen & J.Hughes Origami Programming; J.Gibbons Describing and Interpreting Music in Haskell; P.Hudak Mechanising Fusion; G.Sittampalam & O.de Moor How to Write a Financial Contract; S.Peyton Jones & J-M.Eber Functional Images; C.Elliott Functional Hardware Description in Lava; K.Claessen, M.Sheeran & S.Singh Combinators for Logic Programming; M.Spivey & S.Seres Arrows and Computation; R.Paterson A Prettier Printer; P.Wadler Fun with Phantom Types; R.Hinze Bibliography Index

Author Biography:
JEREMY GIBBONS is a Lecturer in Software Engineering and Continuing Education at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Kellogg College. OEGE DE MOOR is a Professor in Computer Science at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Magdalen College.