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Functional programming through the curriculum

Simon Thompson and Steve Hill

In Pieter H. Hartel and Rinus Plasmeijer, editors, Functional Programming Languages in Education, number 1022 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 85-102. Springer-Verlag, December 1995.

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.

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Bibtex Record

@inproceedings{214,
author = {Simon Thompson and Steve Hill},
title = {Functional programming through the curriculum},
month = {December},
year = {1995},
pages = {85-102},
keywords = {functional programming, integration, semantics, machine architectures, graphics, formal languages},
note = {},
doi = {},
url = {http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/pubs/1995/214},
    ISBN = {3-540-60675-0},
    booktitle = {Functional Programming Languages in Education},
    editor = {Pieter H. Hartel and Rinus Plasmeijer},
    number = {1022},
    publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
    refereed = {yes},
    series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
}

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