On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Erik Meijer wrote:
> >and has written substantial programs. Please, no more "introduction to fp"
> >books!
>
>
> This is exactly why the summerschools on advanced functional
> programming are there. After one in Sweden and one in the USA,
> the third school will be in Braga, Portugal:
>
> http://alfa.di.uminho.pt/~afp98/
>
> All the notes were published as Springer LNCS, LNCS 925 and LNCS 1129.
Without wanting to be overly critical, I'd claim this isn't really what
people are looking for. If you happen to be at a university department
where FP is sufficiently strong then there will probably be copies
available. If you are at a differently oriented department (*), or are at
a commercial company interested in looking a functional programming then
LNCS are likely to be difficult to obtain and a little expensive. But you
don't really need high-class, referred publications talking about original
work, just a book which covers some of the more recent developments used
in real programs in a systematic way. Since this might well have higher
volume sales it might be cheaper.
Just my personal view, of course.
David Tweed.
(*) Don't draw any conclusions about my department from this; it's
actually in the first class.
