Datatype-Generic Programming: International Spring School, SSDGP 2006, Nottingham, UK, April 24-27, 2006, Revised Lectures (Lecture Notes in Computer ... Computer Science and General Issues) [Paperback]

Roland Backhouse (Editor), Jeremy Gibbons (Editor), Ralf Hinze (Editor), Johan Jeuring (Editor)

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Publication Date: January 16, 2008 | ISBN-10: 3540767851 | ISBN-13: 978-3540767855 | Edition: 1

This tutorial book presents six carefully revised lectures given at the Spring School on Datatype-Generic Programming, SSDGP 2006. This was held in Nottingham, UK, in April 2006. It was colocated with the Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming (TFP 2006), and the Conference of the Types Project (TYPES 2006). All the lectures have been subjected to thorough internal review by the editors and contributors, supported by independent external reviews.

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• Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (January 16, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3540767851
• ISBN-13: 978-3540767855
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of papers - but mostly available online, June 25, 2009

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This review is from: Datatype-Generic Programming: International Spring School, SSDGP 2006, Nottingham, UK, April 24-27, 2006, Revised Lectures (Lecture Notes in Computer ... Computer Science and General Issues) (Paperback)

The articles in the book are well done and complete, and explore an interesting topic area. They are extended versions of papers from the Summer School sessions, and integrate well many previous papers in the area of generics and generic programming methods. I was particularly interested in the parts relating these methods to standard GOF design patterns. The papers will be pretty abstract unless you have some familiarity with functional programming notations and types.

The only thing I'd note is that most of the main papers that I was interested in are available online, although it took some searching to find them. (Look for J. Gibbons publications page.)