Another opinion in case you need more:
TAPL is excellent for self-study. There are solutions for most
interesting exercises. And every type system presented comes with a
downloadable implementation. You can practice with it and change it.
Do not hesitate to get it. I also recommend Cardelli's
Are Benjamin C. Pierce's _Types and Programming Languages_ and/or _Basic
Category Theory for Computer Scientists_ suitable for self-study?
(Do they have problem sets that can be checked by either looking up
answers in The Back of the Book, or by trying to compile/run some code
that the
On 9/25/07, Seth Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are Benjamin C. Pierce's _Types and Programming Languages_ and/or _Basic
Category Theory for Computer Scientists_ suitable for self-study?
(Do they have problem sets that can be checked by either looking up
answers in The Back of the Book, or
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Seth Gordon wrote:
Are Benjamin C. Pierce's _Types and Programming Languages_ and/or _Basic
Category Theory for Computer Scientists_ suitable for self-study?
Basic Category Theory depends on your mindset somewhat. TaPL is great
though, and frequently recommended. The
Seth,
You asked:
Are Benjamin C. Pierce's _Types and Programming Languages_ and/or
_Basic
Category Theory for Computer Scientists_ suitable for self-study?
And Tim answered:
Graduate-level textbooks don't have answers in the back of the book,
as a rule. In TAPL, some of the questions
On 9/25/07, Philippa Cowderoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Seth Gordon wrote:
Are Benjamin C. Pierce's _Types and Programming Languages_ and/or _Basic
Category Theory for Computer Scientists_ suitable for self-study?
Basic Category Theory depends on your mindset
The absolute easiest, clearest, and most entertaining book on Category
Theory (which I highly recommend) is:
Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories (Paperback)
by F. William Lawvere and Stephen Hoel Schanuel, $25
It literally reads like a series of college lectures (called
On Tue, 2007-09-25 at 16:18 -0500, Creighton Hogg wrote:
On 9/25/07, Philippa Cowderoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, Seth Gordon wrote:
Are Benjamin C. Pierce's _Types and Programming Languages_
and/or _Basic
Category Theory for
