I015 Introduction to Functional Programming

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2000
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Libor Škarvada (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Mojmír Křetínský, CSc.
Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: RNDr. Libor Škarvada
Prerequisites
There are no special prerequisities apart from the basic math skills (on the secondary-school level), and certain aptitude for abstract reasoning.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course offers basic information about functional programming. After finishing the course the students should be able to write simple programs in purely functional style.
Syllabus
  • 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.
Literature
  • THOMPSON, Simon. Haskell :the craft of functional programming. Harlow: Addison-Wesley, 1996, xx, 500 s. ISBN 0-201-40357-9. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Kurs je ukončen závěrečnou písemnou zkouškou.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
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 1995, Autumn 1996, Autumn 1997, Autumn 1998, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2001.
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