Lambda-Calculus, Combinators and Functional Programming

By György E. Révész

Book Overview

Originally published in 1988, this book presents an introduction to lambda-calculus and combinators without getting lost in the details of mathematical aspects of their theory. Lambda-calculus is treated here as a functional language and its relevance to computer science is clearly demonstrated. The main purpose of the book is to provide computer science students and researchers with a firm background in lambda-calculus and combinators and show the applicabillity of these theories to functional programming. The presentation of the material is self-contained. It can be used as a primary text for a course on functional programming. It can also be used as a supplementary text for courses on the structure and implementation of programming languages, theory of computing, or semantics of programming languages.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521114292
• ISBN13: 9780521114295
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"