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Functional Relational Programming: Out of the tar pitIn a similar vein to John Carter's recent submission, here's an attempt to attack the complexity problem: Out of the tar pit
They basically advocate minimising mutable state, moving any mutable state that remains into relations, and specifying the behaviour (i.e. manipulation of relational data) in a declarative/logical/purely-functional language. Pros: the first half of the paper is a reasonable review of the types and causes of complexity in software. Cons: lack of any implementation, other than a Scheme prototype of the relational bits, I think (see footnote 25). No source code. Lack of detail about interfacing with external systems. Here's a link to Ben Moseley's FRP page, where you can find the paper, plus presentation slides and a discussion group. By abayley at 2006-05-02 08:49 | LtU Forum | previous forum topic | next forum topic | other blogs | 84207 reads
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