FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING

Graduate level course at UFMG

Prof: Carlos Camarão

Course Program:

• Functional programming
  • function definitions
  • lists
  • datatypes
  • higher-order functions
  • polymorphism
  • typing, overloading, type classes, type inference
  • abstract data types and modules
  • lazy evaluation
  • monads and I/O

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  Agenda:

  • PDF
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  Bibliography:

  • Simon Thompson, The Craft of Functional Programming, 3rd edition, Addison-Wesley, 2011.

  Complementary:

  • Koen Claessen's course slides and exercises
  • Lucília's course slides and exercises
  • Miran Lipovaca, Learn You a Haskell for Great Good: a Beginner's Guide , No Starch Press, 2011.
  • Richard Bird, Introduction to Functional Programming using Haskell, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall 1998.
  • Real World Haskell, Bryan O'Sullivan, Don Stewart, John Goerzen, O'Reilly, 2009.
  • Paul Hudak, The Haskell School of Expression: Learning Functional Programming through Multimedia, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2000.
  • Material on the web: http://haskell.org.

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  Evaluation:

  • Participation: 10 points
  • 2 Projects: 10 + 10 points
    • Project 1: Implementation in Haskell of 2 of the following SPOJ/BR problems: ALADES, ENCOTEL, IMPEDIDO, KRAKOVIA, PAR, PLACAR, POLEPOS, POPULAR, RECUPERA.
  • Project 2: Implementation in Haskell of 2 of the following SPOJ/BR problems: POLEPOS, PAPRIMAS, SUDOIME, CIRCUITO, ENERGIA
• 3 Exams: 20 + 25 + 25 points

Course support material:

• Haskell Platform: comes with the compiler (ghc) and interpreter (ghci) used in the course
• Course slides:
  • Aula 1: Caps. 1,2
  • Aula 2: Cap. 3
  • Aula 4: Caps. 4, 5
  • Aula 6: Cap. 6
  • Aula 8: Cap. 7
  • Aula 10: Cap. 8
  • Aula 12: Cap. 9
  • Aula 14: Cap. 10
  • Aula 15: Cap. 11