PřF:I3100 Introduction to Functional Pro

I3100 Introduction to Functional Programming

Faculty of Science
Autumn 1999

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

RNDr. Libor Škarvada (lecturer)

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Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

Syllabus

This course offers the basic information about functional programming. After finishing the course the students should be able to write simple programs in purely functional style.
Basic notions: term, value, evaluation step.
Evaluation order, strict vs. lazy reduction.
Lambda abstraction, let and letrec expressions.
Higher-order functions, partial application, currying.
Simple types: ground types and type constructors, product types.
Polymorfic types, typing.
User defined type constructors, sum types, recursive types; definitions by patterns.
List constructors, list enumeration and list comprehension.
Infinite lists and trees.
Recursive functions, operations on lists and trees, time complexity.
Modules, abstract data types.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

Teacher's information

http://www.fi.muni.cz/usr/skarvada/vyuka/I015/

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000.