On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 02:45:53PM -0500, Rozental, Gennadiy wrote:
I merely need just few starting pointers and if possibly couple links. Also explanation what does this library provide exactly would be helpful.
Here are a couple not-bad starting places (among the first google hits for "functional programming"): comp.lang.functional FAQ http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/gmh/faq.html Has answers to Qs like "what is FP?" as well as stuff on technical topics like currying and monads. "Why Functional Programming Matters" http://www.md.chalmers.se/~rjmh/Papers/whyfp.html Talks about aspects of FP that are good for modularity; emphasis is on higher-order functions and lazy evaluation. As for what FC++ provides, again the quick summary is - higher-order functions - lists (in the FP sense) - lazy evaluation - lambda, currying, monads, other syntactic niceties - a library of common useful functions (like map and foldl) In short, most of the important features you'd find in a modern FPL. -- -Brian McNamara (lorgon@cc.gatech.edu)