The Functional "C" experience

The Functional "C" experience

A functional programming language can be taught successfully as a first language, but if there is no follow up the students do not appreciate the functional approach. Following discussions concerning this issue at the 1995 FPLE conference (Hartel & Plasmeijer, 1995), we decided to develop such a...

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Main Authors: Hartel, Pieter (Author), Muller, Henk (Author), Glaser, Hugh (Author)
Other Authors: Peyton Jones, Simon L. (Contributor), Wadler, Philip L. (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2004-03.
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