Programming in Haskell
Published on 18. January 2007
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-0-521-87172-3 (ISBN)
Description
Haskell is one of the leading languages for teaching functional programming, enabling students to write simpler and cleaner code, and to learn how to structure and reason about programs. This introduction is ideal for beginners: it requires no previous programming experience and all concepts are explained from first principles via carefully chosen examples. Each chapter includes exercises that range from the straightforward to extended projects, plus suggestions for further reading on more advanced topics. The author is a leading Haskell researcher and instructor, well-known for his teaching skills. The presentation is clear and simple, and benefits from having been refined and class-tested over several years. The result is a text that can be used with courses, or for self-learning. Features include freely accessible Powerpoint slides for each chapter, solutions to exercises and examination questions (with solutions) available to instructors, and a downloadable code that's fully compliant with the latest Haskell release.
Reviews / Votes
'The best introduction to Haskell available. There are many paths towards becoming comfortable and competent with the language but I think studying this book is the quickest path. I urge readers of this magazine to recommend Programming in Haskell to anyone who has been thinking about learning the language.' Duncan Coutts, Monad Reader 'Two groups of people must consider this book. The first is professors interested in rapidly introducing students to fundamental concepts in functional programming. This book, supplemented with online resources and professorial guidance could easily serve as the textbook for a semester-long course on functional programming. The second group is programmers interested in surveying the functional paradigm as quickly as possible.' Journal of Functional ProgrammingMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 252 mm
Width: 194 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
507 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-87172-3 (9780521871723)
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New editions
Graham Hutton
Programming in Haskell
Book
09/2016
2nd Edition
Cambridge University Press
€44.00
Available immediately
Person
Graham Hutton is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham, where he co-leads the Functional Programming Laboratory.
Content
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. First steps; 3. Types and classes; 4. Defining functions; 5. List comprehensions; 6. Recursive functions; 7. Higher-order functions; 8. Functional parsers; 9. Interactive programs; 10. Declaring types and classes; 11. The countdown problem; 12. Lazy evaluation; 13. Reasoning about programs; Appendix A: a standard prelude; Appendix B: symbol table; Bibliography; Index.