EDUCATIONAL PEARL: Biological sequence similarity

Authors:
David Wakeling
Affiliations:
Bioinformatics Group, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4PT, UK (e-mail: D.Wakeling@exeter.ac.uk)
Venue:
Journal of Functional Programming
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Functional languages provide an excellent framework for formulating biological algorithms in a naive form and then transforming them into an efficient form. This helps biologists understand what matters about programming and brings functional programming into the realm of the practical. In this column, we present an example from our MSc course on bioinformatics and report on our experiences teaching functional programming in this context.