A List of Successes That Can Change the World : Essays Dedicated to Philip Wadler on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday / edited by Sam Lindley, Conor McBride, Phil Trinder, Don Sannella.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lindley, Sam, editor.

McBride, Conor, editor.

Trinder, Phil, editor.

Sannella, Don, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Computer Science (Springer-11645)

LNCS sublibrary. Theoretical computer science and general issues ; SL 1, 9600.

Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues ; 9600

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer logic.

Programming languages (Electronic computers).

Software engineering.

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.

Computer programming.

Logics and Meanings of Programs.

Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.

Software Engineering.

Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.

Programming Techniques.

Local Subjects:

Logics and Meanings of Programs.

Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.

Software Engineering.

Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages.

Programming Techniques.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXII, 479 pages) : 79 illustrations, 4 illustrations in color.

Edition:

First edition 2016.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This volume is published in Honor of Philip Wadler on the occasion of his 60th birthday, and the collection of papers form a Festschrift for him. The contributions are made by some of the many who know Phil and have been influenced by him. The research papers included here represent some of the areas in which Phil has been active, and the editors thank their colleagues for agreeing to contribute to this Festschrift. We attempt to summarize Phil Wadler's scientific achievements. In addition, we describe the personal style and enthusiasm that Phil has brought to the subject.

Contents:

Reactions on Monadic Lenses

Conation Confers Concurrency

Counting Successes: Effects and Transformations for Non-deterministic Programs

The Essence of Inheritance

Subtyping Supports Safe Session Substitution

Proof Relevant Parametricity

Comprehending Ringads

Dragging Proofs out of Pictures

Experiences with QuickCheck: Testing the Hard Stuff and Staying Sane

Cutting out Continuations

The Lambda Calculus: Practice and Principle

I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'

Pointlessness Is Better than Listlessness

The Essence of Dependent Object Types

Linear lambda-mu Is CP (more or less)

A Reaction on types

The Essence of Multi-Stage Evaluation in LMS

1ML with Special Effects

The Computer Scientist Nightmare

A Branding Strategy for Business Types

The Recursive Union of Some Gradual Types

A Delta for Hybrid Type Checking

Certifying Data in Multiparty Session Types

Recursion Equations as a Programming Language. .

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-319-30936-1

9783319309361

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