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Paperback: 220 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; New Ed edition (16 Sep 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0521663504
ISBN-13: 978-0521663502
Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 2 cm

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Must buy for any serious programmer, 19 Nov 2008

By	Igor Makaruks "montonero" (London, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, 24 Jan 2009

By	J. D. Harrop "Jon Harrop" (Cambridge, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is a superb introduction to the subject of purely functional data structures. Many different data structures and implementations of them are described and each is walked through in detail with a thorough description of the advantages and disadvantages. More importantly, this book contains pragmatic advice based upon existing implementations which is invaluable for real programmers.

The only downsides are that some good advice is buried deep in the book and not presented in an overview or executive summary, and the book uses SML rather than OCaml or F#. However, Markus Mottl has translated the code into OCaml.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Outstanding, 20 Aug 2009

By	S. Hunter (London, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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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