Programming.in.Haskell.2nd.Edition.1316626229.epub

Haskell is a purely functional language that allows programmers to rapidly develop clear, concise, and correct software. The language has grown in popularity in recent years, both in teaching and in industry. This book is based on the author's experience of teaching Haskell for more than twenty years. All concepts are explained from first principles and no programming experience is required, making this book accessible to a broad spectrum of readers. While Part I focuses on basic concepts, Part II introduces the reader to more advanced topics. This new edition has been extensively updated and expanded to include recent and more advanced features of Haskell, new examples and exercises, selected solutions, and freely downloadable lecture slides and example code. The presentation is clean and simple, while also being fully compliant with the latest version of the language, including recent changes concerning applicative, monadic, foldable, and traversable types. Table of Contents Part I Basic Concepts Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 First steps Chapter 3 Types and classes Chapter 4 Defining functions Chapter 5 List comprehensions Chapter 6 Recursive functions Chapter 7 Higher-order functions Chapter 8 Declaring types and classes Chapter 9 The countdown problem Part II Going Further Chapter 10 Interactive programming Chapter 11 Unbeatable tic-tac-toe Chapter 12 Monads and more Chapter 13 Monadic parsing Chapter 14 Foldables and friends Chapter 15 Lazy evaluation Chapter 16 Reasoning about programs Chapter 17 Calculating compilers Appendix A Selected solutions Appendix B Standard prelude