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Functional programming through the curriculum

Thompson, Simon and Hill, Steve (1995) Functional programming through the curriculum. In: Hartel, Pieter H. and Plasmeijer, Rinus, eds. Funtional Programming Languages in Education First International Symposium. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . Springer, Berlin Germany, pp. 85-102. ISBN 978-3-540-60675-8. E-ISBN 978-3-540-49252-8. (doi:10.1007/3-540-60675-0_40) (KAR id:19094)

Abstract

This paper discusses our experience in using a functional language in topics across the computer science curriculum. After examining the arguments for taking a functional approach, we look in detail at four case studies from different areas: programming language semantics, machine architectures, graphics and formal languages.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/3-540-60675-0_40
Subjects: Q Science
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
Depositing User: I.T. Ekpo
Date Deposited: 22 May 2009 17:03 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:57 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/19094 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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