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"This book is important because it presents data structures from the point of view of functional languages...a handy reference for professional functional programmers...Most of the programs can easily be adapted to other functional languages. Even C and Java programmers should find implementing these data structures a relatively straightforward process...Programs are physically well structured and readable, and are displayed in boxes. Okasaki has produced a valuable book about functional programming, exploring a wide range of data structures...a significant contribution to the computer science literature." Computing Reviews
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Most books on data structures assume an imperative language like C or C++. However, data structures for these languages do not always translate well to functional languages such as Standard ML, Haskell, or Scheme. This book describes data structures from the point of view of functional languages, with examples, and presents design techniques so that programmers can develop their own functional data structures. It includes both classical data structures, such as red-black trees and binomial queues, and a host of new data structures developed exclusively for functional languages. All source code is given in Standard ML and Haskell, and most of the programs can easily be adapted to other functional languages. This handy reference for professional programmers working with functional languages can also be used as a tutorial or for self-study.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Purely Functional Data Structures (Paperback)
This is one of the very best computer science books I have ever read, and one that I find myself amazed by every time I pick it up. Better yet, he includes code for all his data structures in (almost) standard ML and (in an appendix) in haskell. He presents the (often arcane) material well and the gradual revelation of the concepts means that reading it I was continually amazed by the new dimensions he could add to familiar datastructures such as lists and trees.
Very deep and highly recommended for the serious functional programmer.
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Must buy for any serious programmer,
This review is from: Purely Functional Data Structures (Paperback)
If you are a programmer, you do not need this for your daily job.
But if you like learning new and explore more - then this book will surely open your eyes on functional programming. It assumes that you already have some working knowledge of FP - so it won't serve you as a tutorial. But once you started doing some functional programming and want to creat larger apps, you would need to incorporate some data structures and this is the moment where you will find out that there is only one book on functional data structures... It is this one.
13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Good but rather frustrating,
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This review is from: Purely Functional Data Structures (Paperback)
"This book is a superb introduction to the subject of purely functional data structures" says one reviewer. Don't be mislead, I would not characterise this book as any kind of introduction. It is a detailed, expansive treatise on the subject, that on academic grounds alone undoubtedly warrants the five stars accorded it by the other reviewers to date. It is easy to follow, is well arranged and does at least list code for the structures as presented. My chief gripe with it is that all the optimisations which I was looking to this book to provide are left to the exercises, of which there are many, and yet there is no key. I contacted Dr. Okasaki to find out if such a key existed and, although he was courteous enough to reply, informed me that I could make use of the online discussion groups and forums to examine the challenges of the exercises in more detail. I am not an academic but a very busy practitioner in finance and do not have time for this. A great text book therefore, but in some respects raises more questions than it answers.
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