The Reasoned Schemer

by Friedman, Daniel P.; Byrd, William E.; Kiselyov, Oleg

• ISBN13: 9780262562140
• ISBN10: 0262562146
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-01
• Publisher: Mit Pr

Summary

The goal of The Reasoned Schemeris to help the functional programmer think logically and the logic programmer think functionally. The authors of The Reasoned Schemerbelieve that logic programming is a natural extension of functional programming, and they demonstrate this by extending the functional language Scheme with logical constructs-thereby combining the benefits of both styles. The extension encapsulates most of the ideas in the logic programming language Prolog. The pedagogical method of The Reasoned Schemeris a series of questions and answers, which proceed with the characteristic humor that marked The Little Schemer and The Seasoned Schmer. Familiarity with a functional language or with the first eight chapters of The Little Schemeris assumed. Adding logic capabilities required the introduction of new forms. The authors' goal is to show to what extent writing logic programs is the same as writing functional programs using these forms. In this way, the reader of The Reasoned Schemerwill come to understand how simple logic programming is and how easy it is to define functions that behave like relations.

Author Biography

Daniel P. Friedman is Professor of Computer Science at Indiana University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Playthings	p. 2
Teaching Old Toys New Tricks	p. 16
Seeing Old Friends in New Ways	p. 26
Members Only	p. 46
Double Your Fun	p. 60
The Fun Never Ends...	p. 76
A Bit Too Much	p. 86
Just a Bit More	p. 108
Under the Hood	p. 130
Thin Ice	p. 144
Connecting the Wires	p. 158
Welcome to the Club	p. 162
Index	p. 164
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