λ-calculus

Good day to you, /prague/.

I suddenly found myself in urge to achieve a good understanding of functional programming. I don't think I'm going to get anywhere without a proper theoretical basis, and λ-calculus will probably have to be the first discipline to study. My educational period is over, so I'll have to learn this on my own. Right now I seek the most fundamental literature on λ-calculus. Any recommendations? ``The Calculi of Lambda-Conversion'' by Alonzo Church might be the proper choice - too bad it's RARE AS FUCK. No, I'm not going to ask you to upload a PDF somewhere if you have one by occasion, no-no. No.

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>>4
And you go read your Prolog books.

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>>6
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It's on Google Books

It's also In Stock on Amazon.

>>9
I know. That's just an incomplete preview.
>>10
I guess I'll have to order a copy then. Thanks.

>>11
They might have it on gigapedia

I found a 1930's edition of Mathematical Logic by Alonzo Church at a local bookstore once, but it was 40 bucks.

>>13
And that was most likely worth quite a bit more than $40. Good job.

>>14
To whom? Most old books are worth around zero cents unless you can find someone that wants it.

>>15

People that want this stuff are academic/private libraries, and book collectors.

A 1930's edition of anything by Alanzo Church would be worth a couple hundred dollars easily. What you had was a first edition, and most likely first print too. Anything of cultural importance that is first print usually fetch a pretty nice price, more appropriately much more than $40.

While there are a ton of old books that a worth shit, you are correct about that, usually works created by prominent people in their subject will obviously make those books have a much higher demand.

OP, you know about the Curry language, right?

>>17
Well, I don't, but I know it exists.

>>15
Most old books are worth around zero cents unless you can find someone that wants it.
Everything is worth zero cents unless you can find someone that wants it. What that has to do with anything, I don't know.

>>13-15

>>12 here.  I actually think it was a 40's/50's edition.  There was no edition of Mathematical Logic released before 1940.  Plus I didn't check the condition of the book.

>>20
by >>12 I MENA >>13

>>19
He's implying that the probability of someone finding that level of value of that object is significantly low enough that $40+ is an inaccurate general appraisal.