Functional Programming through the Curriculum

fSJThompsonSAHillgukcacuk Abstract This paper discusses our experience in using a functional language in topics across the computer science curriculum After exam ining the arguments for taking a functional approach we look in detail at four case studies from dierent areas programming language semantics machine architectures graphics and formal languages We rst explore our reasons for using a functional programming language Mi randa as a vehicle for teaching a number of topics across the computer science curriculum Figure gives an overview of the courses we look at We then giv