IT2105 - Funksjonell Programmering, Høst 2006

Pensum Book

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (2nd ed.) [SICP]
Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman
The MIT Press, 1996

This is the pensum (obligatory) book for the course; it explains many crucial concepts in Computer Science, using the programming language Scheme

The book has a web companion
The whole book is also available in html
You can also (try to) watch videos from the authors' lectures

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Other Interesting Books

The following books also provide interesting background on Scheme, but they are in no way essential for this course.

The Scheme Programming Language (3rd ed.) [TSPL]
R. Kent Dybvig
The MIT Press, 2003

This thoroughly updated edition of The Scheme Programming Language provides an introduction to Scheme and a definitive reference for standard Scheme, presented in a clear and concise manner

The whole book is also available in html

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Lisp in Small Pieces [LISP]
Christian Quiennec
Cambridge University Press, 2003

This is a comprehensive account of the semantics and the implementation of the whole Lisp family of languages, namely Lisp, Scheme and related dialects

The book has a web companion

Essentials of Programming Languages (2nd ed.) [EOPL]
Daniel P. Friedman, Mitchell Wand and Christopher T. Haynes
MIT Press, 2001

The text uses interpreters, written in Scheme, to express the semantics of many essential language elements in a way that is both clear and directly executable

The book has a web companion

Exploring Computer Science with Scheme [ECSS]
Grillmeyer, Oliver
Springer Verlag, 1998

A presentation of the central and basic concepts, techniques, and tools of computer science, with the emphasis on presenting a problem-solving approach and on providing a survey of all of the most important topics covered in degree programmes