Re: [Haskell] Math behind Haskell

2007-09-24 Thread Andrzej Jaworski
Tomas Caithaml wrote: > Hi all. > > When I was playing with Haskell and reading stuff about it, I noticed > that there is a lot of information in a form of research papers and a > lot of mathematics involved. I must confess that I quite like this > academic approach. > > Well, I thought that while

Re: [Haskell] Math behind Haskell

2007-09-24 Thread Evan Klitzke
On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 23:24 +0200, Tomas Caithaml wrote: > Hi all. > > When I was playing with Haskell and reading stuff about it, I noticed > that there is a lot of information in a form of research papers and a > lot of mathematics involved. I must confess that I quite like this > academic appro

Re: [Haskell] Math behind Haskell

2007-09-23 Thread Ketil Malde
On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 23:24 +0200, Tomas Caithaml wrote: > I came up with: Just take the computer science courses that the fewest of your fellow students see any point to. More seriously - at my alma mater, the math-oriented computer science courses would be a better fit. My last one was on uni

Re: [Haskell] Math behind Haskell

2007-09-23 Thread Bulat Ziganshin
Hello Tomas, Monday, September 24, 2007, 1:24:45 AM, you wrote: > Any other suggestions? discrete mathematics and information theory -- Best regards, Bulatmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Haskell mailing list Haskell@haskel

Re: [Haskell] Math behind Haskell

2007-09-23 Thread Don Stewart
fruehr: > Mathematical logic would be a good thing to study if you haven't > already, especially if you can take something as specific as > intuitionistic / constructive / substructural logic. The Curry-Howard > correspondence lurks underneath a lot of Haskell intuitions and > techniques. >

Re: [Haskell] Math behind Haskell

2007-09-23 Thread Fritz Ruehr
Mathematical logic would be a good thing to study if you haven't already, especially if you can take something as specific as intuitionistic / constructive / substructural logic. The Curry-Howard correspondence lurks underneath a lot of Haskell intuitions and techniques. -- Fritz On S

Re: [Haskell] Math behind Haskell

2007-09-23 Thread Cale Gibbard
On 23/09/2007, Albert Y. C. Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tomas Caithaml wrote: > > Any other suggestions? > > I don't think topology is much needed for Haskell. Whatever little is > needed manifests as lattice theory already. Topology has other uses in > CS, but take note that topological space

Re: [Haskell] Math behind Haskell

2007-09-23 Thread Juarez Assumpcao Muylaert Filho
Albert Y. C. Lai wrote: > Tomas Caithaml wrote: >> Any other suggestions? > > Lattice theory. Actually just the part about "continuous partial > orders" and "least fixed points" suffice. It is hard to find a math > course on lattice theory that spends time on continuous partial > orders; it is easi

Re: [Haskell] Math behind Haskell

2007-09-23 Thread Albert Y. C. Lai
Tomas Caithaml wrote: Any other suggestions? Lattice theory. Actually just the part about "continuous partial orders" and "least fixed points" suffice. It is hard to find a math course on lattice theory that spends time on continuous partial orders; it is easier to find a CS course on denota

[Haskell] Math behind Haskell

2007-09-23 Thread Tomas Caithaml
Hi all. When I was playing with Haskell and reading stuff about it, I noticed that there is a lot of information in a form of research papers and a lot of mathematics involved. I must confess that I quite like this academic approach. Well, I thought that while I am still at university I could tak