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From: Mike Goodrich
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 16:26

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In article <9910@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>, michaeln@cs.uq.oz.au (Michael Norris) writes:
|> A quick question.
|> 
|> Where can I find good definitions of the words relating to
|> functional programming? I could make up definitions, but I'd
|> rather use accepted ones and refer to the source than take
|> the responsibility myself with the risk of defining things
|> wrongly, which would be distinctly bad form.
|> 
|> Specifically,
|> 	coersion
|> 	combinator
|> 	eager evaluation
|> 	high-order function
|> 	lazy evaluation
|> 	list comprehension
|> 	pattern matching
|> 	polymorphic
|> 	side-effects
|> 	strictly functional
|> 
|> thanks in advance.
|> 
|> -Michael N.	(e-mail: michaeln@cs.uq.oz.au)

I am currently reading "Functional Programming: Practice and Theory"
by Bruce J. MacLennan and highly recommend it.


...mike

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