Functional Programming Languages and Computer Architecture [electronic resource] : 5th ACM Conference Cambridge, MA, USA, August 26–30, 1991 Proceedings /

This book offers a comprehensive view of the best and the latest work in functional programming. It is the proceedings of a major international conference and contains 30 papers selected from 126 submitted. A number of themes emerge. One is a growing interest in types: powerful type systems or type checkers supporting overloading, coercion, dynamic types, and incremental inference; linear types to optimize storage, and polymorphic types to optimize semantic analysis. The hot topic of partial evaluation is well represented: techniques for higher-order binding-time analysis, assuring termination of partial evaluation, and improving the residual programs a partial evaluator generates. The thorny problem of manipulating state in functional languages is addressed: one paper even argues that parallel programs with side-effects can be "more declarative" than purely functional ones. Theoretical work covers a new model of types based on projections, parametricity, a connection between strictness analysis and logic, and a discussion of efficient implementations of the lambda-calculus. The connection with computer architecture and a variety of other topics are also addressed.

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Main Authors:	Hughes, John. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1991
Subjects:	Computer science., Microprocessors., Architecture, Computer., Computer programming., Programming languages (Electronic computers)., Computer logic., Computer Science., Computer System Implementation., Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters., Processor Architectures., Programming Techniques., Logics and Meanings of Programs.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54396-1
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