Publisher's Synopsis
This text is aimed at undergraduate/graduate level courses on ML programming, functional programming or compilers.;This book offers both a highly accessible, step-by-step introductory tutorial on ML programming and a complete reference to, and explanation of, advanced features. The author uses a wide variety of digestible programme examples to bring the student along at a reasonable pace.;The text endeavours to make MP programming fun for the uninitiated and gives an accurate overview of important ML syntax and semantic subtleties. It also summarizes the entire ML language including the latest SML/NJ features.