The Standard ML Basis Library (Paperback)

Emden R. Gansner

ISBN 10: 0521794781 / ISBN 13: 9780521794787

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004

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Paperback. The book provides a description of the Standard ML (SML) Basis Library, the standard library for the SML language. For programmers using SML, it provides a complete description of the modules, types and functions composing the library, which is supported by all conforming implementations of the language. The book serves as a programmer's reference, providing manual pages with concise descriptions. In addition, it presents the principles and rationales used in designing the library, and relates these to idioms and examples for using the library. A particular emphasis of the library is to encourage the use of SML in serious system programming. Major features of the library include I/O, a large collection of primitive types, support for internationalization, and a portable operating system interface. This manual will be an indispensable reference for students, professional programmers, and language designers. Provides a description of the modules, types and functions composing the Standard ML Basis Library. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Standard ML Basis Library (Paperback)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521794781
• ISBN 13: 9780521794787
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

SML is an influential programming language that represents many state-of-the-art aspects of language design in a form usable for everyday programming. The language is in use worldwide, with applications ranging from network communication to theorem proving. The definition for SML's standard library, this work concisely describes the types and functions defined in the library and discusses in depth the library's design and use. This manual will be an indispensable reference for students, professional programmers, and language designers.

About the Authors

Emden R. Gansner is Principal Technical Staff Member of AT&T Laboratories. Having taught at several prestigious universities, he is currently an adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Stevens Institute of Technology. He has published articles in numerous journals, such as J. Combinatorial Theory, Discrete Mathematics and SIAM J. Algorithms and Discrete Methods. He also jointly received a patent on a technique for drawing directed graphs.

John H. Reppy is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at University of Chicago. He is also Associate Editor of ACM TOPLAS and author of Concurrent Programming in ML also published by Cambridge University Press.