Java and Functional Programming

Some discussion of lazy evaluation, how to make Java more functional, and related things I found interesting.

• Lazy Evaluation --FOLDOC definition
• Lazy Functional Parser Combinators in Java --Picking the Best of Both Worlds (.pdf) --Dijkstra and Swierstra
• Design Patterns for Lazy Evaluation (.pdf) --Nguyen and Wong
• Support for Functional Programming in Brew (.pdf) --Baumgartner and Jansche

• rex to Java (.pdf) --talk by James Gosling, inventor of Java
• Deep type inference for mobile functions (.pdf) --Stephen Gilmore
• Higher Order + Polymorphic = Reusable (.ps) --Simon Thompson
• Juaskell: Implementing Evaluation Strategies in Java (.ps) --Hammond and Walsh-Kemmis
• MLj --An ML compiler that produces Java bytecode
• GCJNI --GreenCard, A Java Native Interface for Haskell

Updated August 30, 2003