Higher-Order Perl

Chapter 9: Declarative Programming

Table of Contents

1. Constraint Systems
2. Local Propagation Networks
   1. Implementing a Local Propagation Network
   2. Problems with Local Propagation
3. Linear Equations
4. linogram: a drawing system
   1. Equations
      1. ref($base) || $base
      2. Solving Equations
      3. Constraints
   2. Values
      1. Constant Values
      2. Tuple Values
      3. Feature Values
      4. Intrinsic Constraints
      5. Synthetic Constraints
      6. Feature Value Methods
   3. Feature Types
      1. Scalar Types
      2. Type methods
   4. The Parser
      1. Parser Extensions
      2. %TYPES
      3. Programs
      4. Definitions
      5. Declarations
      6. Expressions
   5. Missing Features
5. Conclusion

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