Isomorphisms of Types - from ?-calculus to information retrieval and language design (Hardcover, 1995 ed.)

This is a book about isomorphisms 0/ types, arecent difficult research topic in type theory that turned out to be able to have valuable practical applications both for programming language design and far more human­ centered information retrieval in software libraries. By means of a deep study of the syntax of the now widely known typed A-ca1culus, it is possible to identify some simple equations between types that on one hand allow to improve the design of the ML language, and on the other hand provide the basis for building radically new information retrieval systems for functional software libraries. We present in this book both the theoretical aspects of these researches and a fully functional implementation of some of their applications in such a way to provide interesting material both for the theoretician looking for proofs and for the practitioner interested in implementation details. In order to make it possible for these different types of readers to use this book effectively, some special signs are used to designate material that is particularly technical or applied or that represents a digression. When the symbol appears at the beginning of a section or a subsection, it warns that the material contained in such section is particularly technical with respect to the general level of the chapter or section where it is located. This material is generally reserved to theoreticians and does not need to be read by the casual reader.

General

Imprint:	Birkhauser Boston
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Progress in Theoretical Computer Science
Release date:	December 1994
First published:	1995
Authors:	Roberto DiCosmo
Dimensions:	241 x 159mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	235
Edition:	1995 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-8176-3763-7
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8176-3763-X
Barcode:	9780817637637

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