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. 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521054222
• ISBN13: 9780521054225
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"