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Language:	Hope
Version:	?
Parts:	?
Author:	?
Location:	ftp://brolga.cc.uq.oz.au/pub/hope/ ftp://ftp-ala.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/papers/R.Paterson/hope.tar.gz http://www-ala.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rap/Hope/ ???
Description:	It's a fairly old functional language, its predecessor NPL having grown out of Burstall and Darlington's work on program transformation in the late 70s. Its key innovation, algebraic data types and pattern matching, has since become a fixture in all modern functional programming languages. When it was created (around 1980) it had adopted the key innovation of the language ML (also developed at Edinburgh), namely polymorphic types, which are also now a standard feature in FPLs. In my [rap's --ed] opinion, Hope's advantage over most other FPLs is its small size and simplicity. I think that makes it the ideal vehicle for learning functional programming. I also find it handy for prototyping various ideas, and sometimes I fiddle with the interpreter to add experimental features.
References:	http://santos.doc.ic.ac.uk/~rap/Hope/
Ports:	Unix, Mac, PC
Contact:	Ross Paterson <rap@doc.ic.ac.uk>
Updated:	November 27th, 1992

category: functional languages summary, or expanded.