Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited Free One-Day Delivery. Already a member? Sign in.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
   
More Buying Choices
31 used & new from £25.00

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
ML for the Working Programmer
 
 

ML for the Working Programmer (Paperback)

by Larry C. Paulson (Author) "The first ML compiler was built in 1974 ..." (more)
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
RRP: £35.00
Price: £33.25 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £1.75 (5%)
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Only 2 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want guaranteed delivery by Tuesday, July 7? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
21 new from £29.04 10 used from £25.00
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover (2) Order it used
Paperback (New edition) 11 used & new from £14.75

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this book with Modern Compiler Implementation in ML by Andrew W. Appel

ML for the Working Programmer + Modern Compiler Implementation in ML
Price For Both: £65.55

Show availability and shipping details


Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Modern Compiler Implementation in ML

Modern Compiler Implementation in ML

by Andrew W. Appel
4.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £32.30
The Functional Approach to Programming

The Functional Approach to Programming

by Guy Cousineau
5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £32.30
The Little MLer

The Little MLer

by Matthias Felleisen
£22.75
Introduction to Programming Using SML (International Computer Science Series)

Introduction to Programming Using SML (International Computer Science Series)

by Dr Michael Hansen
4.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £50.34
Real World Haskell: Code You Can Believe In

Real World Haskell: Code You Can Believe In

by Bryan O'Sullivan
3.8 out of 5 stars (5)  £25.03
Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (28 Jun 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 052156543X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521565431
  • Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.5 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 35,133 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in these categories:

    #83 in  Books > Computing & Internet > Software & Graphics > Software Design & Development
    #83 in  Books > Computing & Internet > Computer Science > Software Design, Testing & Engineering
    #92 in  Books > Computing & Internet > Professionals
  • See Complete Table of Contents

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

  (What is this?)
Working as a Developer?
   Career-Electrician.co.uk    Would you like to be your own boss? Become a C&G certified Electrician. 
Programmer Jobs
   www.Verkom.ie/Programmer    The IT Recruitment Specialist Jobs Available Across Ireland... 
BDM/JTAG Debugger
   www.computer-solutions.co.uk    In stock - for debugging & Prog Downloads at up to 1.5MBytes/sec 
  
 

Product Description

Review
"The book is an excellent introduction to ML, but even better, it provides a good overview of functional programming." Jeffrey Putnam, Computing Review

Product Description
The new edition of this successful and established textbook retains its two original intentions of explaining how to program in the ML language, and teaching the fundamentals of functional programming. The major change is the early and prominent coverage of modules, which are extensively used throughout. In addition, the first chapter has been totally rewritten to make the book more accessible to those without experience of programming languages. The main features of new Standard Library for the revised version of ML are described and many new examples are given, while references have also been updated. Dr Paulson has extensive practical experience of ML and has stressed its use as a tool for software engineering; the book contains many useful pieces of code, which are freely available (via the Internet) from the author. He shows how to use lists, trees, higher-order functions and infinite data structures. Many illustrative and practical examples are included.. Efficient functional implementations of arrays, queues, priority queues, etc. are described. Larger examples include a general top-down parser, a lambda-calculus reducer and a theorem prover. The combination of careful explanation and practical advice will ensure that this textbook continues to be the preferred text for many courses on ML.

See all Product Description

Inside This Book (Learn More)
First Sentence
The first ML compiler was built in 1974. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
Check a corresponding box or enter your own tags in the field below
functional programming
ml
computer science
programming
standard ml
pl ml
looks interesting
lawrence c paulson

Your tags: Add your first tag
 

 

Customer Reviews

3 Reviews
5 star:
 (3)
4 star:    (0)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
5.0 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If you think you are a good programmer - read this!, 25 Sep 2001
By A Customer
This is a comprehensive book on functional programming (not on ML as the title might suggest). It will teach you all the essentials of functional programming in a very interesting and challenging way. This might be a bit hard if you have not done any programming before (even imperative) but if you consider yourself a good programmer you will enjoy this title a lot. The examples and excercises are not boring or typical in any sense and it keeps you learning from very begining til very end.

I used this book for selfteaching and it worked cool for me. It's not obscure or nonexplanatory in anyway. It's particularly rewarding to do the excercises. This are not the excercises for your fingers and keyboard (as many boring excercises in most of the programming handbooks) but these are rather for your brain. This way you improve not only your ML but your programming abilities in general as well.Your skills and understanding of programming langugaes can very probably improve a lot after reading this one. It's usefful even if you get a job in C++ then :)

It's probably the only programming language textbook I really enjoyed so far.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars SICP for ML, 23 Aug 2001
This is a staggering tour de force of a book. It is ML's equivalent of SICP (and if you don't know what that is - well shame on you!). The book storms though the basics and goes on to lambda calculus interpreters and theorem provers (be cool - Paulson will carry you there). This is a faster paced intro than Ulman's ML book and is less funny or diverse than SICP - which of course is about FP in scheme rather than fop in ML. Read both SCIP and this book. Then read Bird on FP in Haskell. Then you might begin to know something. Then get a job in C++ :(
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Textbook, 2 Nov 2001
By A Customer
As a student of Dr. Paulson, this book was an invaluable guide during his course on functional programming. However, I would recommend this book even as a stand-alone volume as Dr. Paulson covers this topic in a manner that makes the subject matter accessible even to newcomers to functional programming like myself. If only more textbooks were written like this one!
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews



Customer Discussions

 Beta (What's this?)
This product's forum (0 discussions)
  Discussion Replies Latest Post
  No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
  [Cancel]

   


Listmania!


Look for similar items by category


Look for similar items by subject


Feedback


The Functional Approach to...

The Functional Approach...

A programming course should concentrate as much as possible on a... Read more
£38.00 £32.30

Find similar items

 

More From Lawrence C. Paulson

Logic and Computation...

Logic and Computation: Interactive...

"This book is well-written: it is a good text for any reader who wants... Read more
£30.39

 

A Close Shave

Philips Nivea Coolskin HS8060 Moisturizing Rotary Shaving System
For all types of hair removal, stay smooth with Amazon.co.uk.

Discover Shaving & Hair Removal

 

Treat Someone

Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificates--available in any amount from £5 to £500 With an Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate, you can get them what they want (even if you don't know what that is).

Learn more about Gift Certificates

 
Ad

Where's My Stuff?

Delivery and Returns

Need Help?

Your Recent History

  (What's this?)
You have no recently viewed items or searches.

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.

Continue Shopping: Top Sellers

amazon.co.uk Amazon Home
International Sites:  United States  |  Germany  |  France  |  Japan  |  Canada  |  China
Business Programs: Sell on Amazon  |  Fulfilment by Amazon  |  Join Associates  |  Join Advantage
Customer Service  |  Help  |  View Basket  |  Your Account
About Amazon.co.uk  |  Careers at Amazon
Conditions of Use & Sale |  Privacy Notice  © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates