CSCI 360 Survey Of Programming Languages

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CSCI 360 Survey Of Programming Languages

Chapter 15 Topics

Mathematical Functions

Lambda Expressions

Functional Forms

Function Composition

Fundamentals of Functional Programming Languages

Referential Transparency

LISP Data Types and Structures

LISP Interpretation

Origins of Scheme

Primitive Functions

Function Definition: LAMBDA

Special Form Function: DEFINE

Output Functions

Numeric Predicate Functions

Control Flow: IF

Control Flow: COND

Example of COND

List Functions: CONS and LIST

List Functions: CAR and CDR

Predicate Function: EQ?

Predicate Functions: LIST? and NULL?

Example Scheme Function: member

Example Scheme Function: equalsimp

Example Scheme Function: equal

Example Scheme Function: append

Example Scheme Function: LET

Scheme Functional Forms

Functions That Build Code

Adding a List of Numbers

Function Definitions with Different Parameter Forms

Factorial Revisited

List Comprehension

Lazy Evaluation

Member Revisited

Applications of Functional Languages

Comparing Functional and Imperative Languages

Author: Doug Hoffman

E-mail: hoffman@dlhoffman.com

Homepage: http://www.dlhoffman.com/classnotes/csci360-s08