{"product_id":"the-little-typer-mit-press","title":"The Little Typer (Mit Press)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn introduction to dependent types  demonstrating the most beautiful aspects  one step at a time. A programs type describes its behavior. Dependent types are a first-class part of a language  and are much more powerful than other kinds of types; using just one language for types and programs allows program descriptions to be as powerful as the programs they describe. The Little Typer explains dependent types  beginning with a very small language that looks very much like Scheme and extending it to cover both programming with dependent types and using dependent types for mathematical reasoning. Readers should be familiar with the basics of a Lisp-like programming language  as presented in the first four chapters of The Little Schemer. The first five chapters of The Little Typer provide the needed tools to understand dependent types; the remaining chapters use these tools to build a bridge between mathematics and programming. Readers will learn that tools they know from programmingpairs  lists  functions  and recursioncan also capture patterns of reasoning. The Little Typer does not attempt to teach either practical programming skills or a fully rigorous approach to types. Instead  it demonstrates the most beautiful aspects as simply as possible  one step at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945866653749,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262536439","price":60.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262536431.jpg?v=1769912588","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-little-typer-mit-press","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}