The course heavily aligns with Practical Foundations for Programming Languages (PFPL) by Robert Harper. It is a dense but incredibly precise text that serves as the ultimate reference for the course material.
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When you understand the underlying concepts (parametric polymorphism, dynamic dispatch, monads), learning a new language takes days instead of months. The course heavily aligns with Practical Foundations for