Advanced Functional Programming: Third International School, AFP'98, Braga, Portugal, September 12-19, 1998, Revised Lectures: 1608 - Brossura

Henriques, Pedro R.; Swierstra, S. Doaitse; Oliveira, Jose N.

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ISBN 10: 3540662413 ISBN 13: 9783540662419

Casa editrice: Springer, 2008

Riassunto

thetheorybehindmanythingscommonlywrittenbyfunctionalprogrammers. Oneofthemainachievementsoftheprojecthasbeentomakepeopleaware ofthefactthatmanyalgorithmscanbedescribedinadata-independentway. ThePolyPsystemintroducedinthesenotesisoneofthetranslationstothe Haskell-worldofthistheoreticalunderpinning. Thethirdlecture,onGenericProgramTransformation,canalsobeseenas anapplicationofthetheoryintroducedinlecturetwo. Manye?ciency-improving programtransformationscanbeperformedinamechanicalway,andthesewould nothavebeenpossiblewithoutinsightintothecorrectnessofsuchtransfor- tionsgainedinthelectureonGenericProgramming. Thefourthlecture,onDesigningandImplementingCombinatorLanguages, introducesaneasytowriteformalismforwritingdownthecatamorphismsint- ducedinearlierchapters. Itisshownhowquitecomplicatedcatamorphisms,that at?rstsightseemratherforbiddingbymakingextensiveuseofhigher-orderdo- VI Preface mains,canactuallybedevelopedinastep-wisefashion,usinganattributegr- marview;itisfurthermoreshownhowtorelatethiswayofprogrammingwith conceptsfromtheobject-orientedworldthusmakingclearwhatthestrengths andweaknessesofeachworldare. The?fthlecture,titledUsingMetaML:AStagedProgrammingLanguage, introducestheconceptofpartialevaluation. Itservesasanotherinstanceof thequestfor themostgenericofwritingprogramsatthelowestcost . The stagingtechniquesshowhowcoststhatwereintroducedbyaddingextralevels ofabstraction,maybemovedfromrun-timetocompile-time. Ithasbeencommonknowledgetousersofmodernfunctionallanguagesthat thetypesystemcanbeagreathelpinshorteningprogramsandreducingerrors. Intheextremeonemightseeatypeasapredicatecapturingtheproperties ofanyexpressionwiththattype. InthesixthlectureonCayenne Spiceup yourProgrammingwithDependentTypesitisshowninwhatdirectionfunctional languagesaremostlikelytodevelop,andwhatmaybeexpectedofthenewtype systemstobeintroduced. Thelastlecture,titledHaskellasanAutomationController,showsthat writingfunctionalprogramsdoesnothavetoimplythatoneisboundtoremain isolatedfromtherestoftheworld. Beingabletocommunicatewithsoftware writtenbyothersinauniformway,isprobablyoneofthemostinteresting newdevelopmentsincurrentcomputerscience. Itappearsthattheconceptofa monadtogetherwiththeHaskelltypingrules,isquiteadequatetodescribethe interfacebetweenHaskellprogramsandtheouterworld. Finallywewanttothankeveryonewhocontributedtothisschoolandmade itsuchasuccessfulevent:sponsors,localsystemmanagers,localorganizers, students,andlastbutnotleastthelecturers. Weareconvincedthateveryone presentattheschoolenjoyedthiseventasmuchaswedid,andweallhopethat youwillfeelsomeofthespiritofthiseventwhenstudyingtheselecturenotes. March1999 DoaitseSwierstra PedroHenriques Jos´eOliveira VII Sponsorship Theschoolhasreceivedgeneroussponsorshipfrom: FCT-Fundac ¸aoparaaCi enciaeTecnologia,Minist´eriodaCi enciae Tecnologia AdegaCooperativadePontedeLima Ag enciaAbreu CGD-CaixaGeraldeDep´ositos CIUM-CentrodeInform´aticadaUniversidadedoMinho DI-DepartamentodeInform´aticadaUniversidadedoMinho GEPL-GrupodeEspeci?cac ¸aoeProcessamentodeLinguagens LESI-Direc¸c aodeCursodeEngenhariadeSistemaseInform´atica Enabler Lactolima Latic´?niosdasMarinhas,Lda NovabasePorto-SistemasdeInforma¸c aoSA PrimaveraSoftware ProjectoCamila-GrupodeM´etodosFormais Sidereus-SistemasdeInforma¸c aoeConsultoriaInformat´icaLda SIBS-SociedadeInterbanc´ariadeServico¸s VieiradeCastro LocalCommittee: Jos´eAlmeida,Minho Lu´?sBarbosa,Minho Jos´eBarros,Minho M. Joao Frade,Minho PedroHenriques,Minho F. M´arioMartins,Minho F. LuisNeves,Minho CarlaOliveira,Minho JorgePinto,Lix JorgeRocha,Minho CesarRodrigues,Minho Joa oSaraiva,Minho M. Joa oVaranda,Minho IX TableofContents SortingMorphisms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 LexAugusteijn 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 MorphismsonLists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.

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Contenuti

Sorting Morphisms.- Generic Programming.- Generic Program Transformation.- Designing and Implementing Combinator Languages.- Using MetaML: A Staged Programming Language.- Cayenne — A Language with Dependent Types.- Haskell as an Automation Controller.

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• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3540662413
• ISBN 13: 9783540662419
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 312
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