Basic Simple Type Theory

by J. Roger Hindley

Book Overview

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. By concentrating on the principles that make the theory work in practice, the author covers all the key ideas without getting involved in the complications of more advanced systems. This book takes a type-assignment approach...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521465184
• ISBN13: 9780521465182
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"