Some suggestions:
Abelson, Sussman and Sussman, _The Structure and Interpretation of
Computer Programs_. http://www-mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/
especially chapter 3 about the costs and benefits of introducing
assignment.
Barendregt's _The Lambda Caclulus_
or his paper: _The impact of the lambda calculus_, at:
http://www.cs.kun.nl/~henk/papers.html
have you found The Haskell Bookshelf?
http://www.haskell.org/bookshelf/
John Atwood
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Christopher Jeris wrote:
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>
> Hi Haskellers,
>
> Could you suggest a good place for me to learn enough real CS theory to
> understand the issues and reasons behind the design and implementation of
> Haskell ? My background is in pure mathematics (not logic -- differential
> geometry and stuff) and most of the books I have consulted are either too
> advanced for me from a CS theory viewpoint, or spend an awfully long time
> explaining stuff like set theory to computer scientists without as much
> math background. I'm having trouble finding a happy medium.
>
> thanks,
> Chris Jeris (sometime MIT math grad student, maybe again later)
