Publisher's Synopsis
This tutorial book presents seven revised lectures given by leading researchers at the 4th International School on Functional Programming, AFP 2002, in Oxford, UK in August 2002.;The lectures presented introduce tools, language features, domain-specific languages, problem domains, and programming methods.;All lectures contain exercises and practical assignments.;The software accompanying the lectures can be accessed from the AFP 2002 Web site.;This book is designed to enable individuals, small groups of students, and lecturers to study recent work in the rapidly developing area of functional programming.