Introduction to functional programming (1995)
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Philip Wadler
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@MISC{Wadler95introductionto,
author = {Philip Wadler},
title = {Introduction to functional programming},
year = {1995}
}
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The use of monads to structure functional programs is described. Monads provide a convenient framework for simulating e ects found in other languages, such as global state, exception handling, output, or non-determinism. Three case studies are looked at in detail: how monads ease the modi cation of a simple evaluator; how monads act as the basis of a datatype of arrays subject to in-place update; and how monads can be used to build parsers.
