[Haskell-beginners] New edition of "Programming in Haskell" (Graham Hutton)

Thu Sep 1 14:29:08 UTC 2016

This book is the best introduction to Haskell I know. The chapter on
lazy evaluation was so compelling I am thoroughly convinced I have been
thinking about evaluation the wrong way all my life (minus space
complexity issues ;-).

As much as I prefer short books (such as Hudak et al's "A Gentle
Introduction to Haskell" -- which is also good, but *not* gentle once
you get far enough into it) the main critique I had to the 1st edition
is that it only scratched the surface and did not go far enough. It
seems this has been thoroughly addressed in this edition.

Thanks for making this a reality!

:-)

Dimitri

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> From: Graham Hutton <Graham.Hutton at nottingham.ac.uk>
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> Dear all,
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> I'm delighted to announce that the new edition of "Programming in
> Haskell" is now available!  Further details are provided below,
> and are also available from: http://tinyurl.com/hnfjdgc.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Graham
>
> =================================================================
>
> *** BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT ***
>
> Programming in Haskell - 2nd Edition
>
> Graham Hutton, University of Nottingham
>
> Cambridge University Press, 1st September 2016
>
> 320 pages, 120 exercises, ISBN 9781316626221
>
> http://tinyurl.com/hnfjdgc
>
> =================================================================
>
> DESCRIPTION:
>
> Haskell is a purely functional language that allows programmers
> to rapidly develop clear, concise, and correct software.  The
> language has grown in popularity in recent years, both in teaching
> and in industry.  This book is based on the author's experience
> of teaching Haskell for more than twenty years.  All concepts
> are explained from first principles and no programming experience
> is required, making this book accessible to a broad spectrum
> of readers.  While Part I focuses on basic concepts, Part II
> introduces the reader to more advanced topics.
>
> This new edition has been extensively updated and expanded to
> include recent and more advanced features of Haskell, new examples
> and exercises, selected solutions, and freely downloadable lecture
> slides and example code.  The presentation is clean and simple,
> while also being fully compliant with the latest version of
> the language, including recent changes concerning applicative,
> monadic, foldable, and traversable types.
>
> =================================================================
>
> CONTENTS:
>
> Foreword
> Preface
> Part I. Basic Concepts:
> 1. Introduction
> 2. First steps
> 3. Types and classes
> 4. Defining functions
> 5. List comprehensions
> 6. Recursive functions
> 7. Higher-order functions
> 8. Declaring types and classes
> 9. The countdown problem
> Part II. Going Further:
> 10. Interactive programming
> 11. Unbeatable tic-tac-toe
> 12. Monads and more
> 13. Monadic parsing
> 14. Foldables and friends
> 15. Lazy evaluation
> 16. Reasoning about programs
> 17. Calculating compilers
> Appendix A. Selected solutions
> Appendix B. Standard prelude
> Bibliography
> Index
>
> =================================================================
>
> AUTHOR:
>
> Graham Hutton is Professor of Computer Science at the University
> of Nottingham.  He has taught Haskell to thousands of students
> and received numerous best lecturer awards.  Hutton has served as
> an editor of the Journal of Functional Programming, Chair of the
> Haskell Symposium and the International Conference on Functional
> Programming, and Vice-Chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on
> Programming Languages, and he is an ACM Distinguished Scientist.
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