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- Introduction to Gofer 1. INTRODUCTION
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- 1. INTRODUCTION
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- Gofer is a functional programming environment (in other words, an
- interpreter) that I have implemented for my own personal use as part of
- my research into `qualified types'. Nevertheless, the system is
- sufficiently complete for me to believe that Gofer may be of interest
- and use to others interested in the field of functional programming.
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- These notes give a brief introduction to the Gofer system and include
- some examples of Gofer programs. They are not the notes that I
- originally intended to write, being somewhat longer and perhaps more
- tutorial in nature. Nevertheless, you will not be able to learn
- functional programming from this document alone. A number of useful
- references are given in the reading list at the end of this document.
- In particular, the book by Bird and Wadler [1] is particularly good as
- a general introduction to the use, techniques and theory of functional
- programming. Although their notation is a little different to the
- language used by Gofer, it is a relatively straightforward task to
- translate between the two, and some suggestions for this are given in a
- appendix D. More importantly, the underlying semantics of Gofer do
- correspond to those expected by the authors of [1].
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- Whereas the work involved in investigating and implementing the ideas
- on which Gofer is based were motivated largely by my own program of
- work, the writing of these notes has rather more to do with the hope
- that Gofer will be useful to others. I would therefore be very
- grateful for any feedback on any aspect of the these notes (or of the
- Gofer system itself). Please let me know if you discover any errors,
- or if you find particular sections of these notes rather hard to
- follow. Suggestions for improvements or extensions are more than
- welcome.
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