Basic Simple Type Theory Hardback
by J. Roger (University of Wales, Swansea) Hindley
Part of the Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science series
Hardback
Description
Type theory is one of the most important tools in the design of higher-level programming languages, such as ML.
This book introduces and teaches its techniques by focusing on one particularly neat system and studying it in detail.
In this way, all the key ideas are covered without getting involved in the complications of more advanced systems, but concentrating rather on the principles that make the theory work in practice.
This book takes a type-assignment approach to type theory, and the system considered is the simplest polymorphic one.
The author covers all the basic ideas, including the system's relation to propositional logic, and gives a careful treatment of the type-checking algorithm which lies at the heart of every such system.
Also featured are two other interesting algorithms that have been buried in inaccessible technical literature.
The mathematical presentation is rigorous but clear, making the book at a level which can be used as an introduction to type theory for computer scientists.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages, 1 Tables, unspecified; 10 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:31/07/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521465182
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages, 1 Tables, unspecified; 10 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:31/07/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521465182
