Functional programming languages and computer architecture : 5th ACM conference, Cambridge, MA, USA, August 26-30, 1991 : proceedings / [edited by] J. Hughes

Date :

Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-3-540-47599-6

Informatique

Langages de programmation

Programmation (informatique)

Microprocesseurs

Architecture des ordinateurs

Langages de programmation fonctionnelle

Classification Dewey : 005.13

Classification Dewey : 004

Hughes, John (1958-....) (Directeur de publication / publishing director)

Collection : Lecture notes in computer science / Berlin : Springer , [200.]-

Relation : Functional programming languages and computer architecture : 5th ACM conference, Cambridge, MA, USA, August 26-30, 1991 : proceedings / J. Hughes, ed / Berlin : Springer-Verlag , cop. 1991

Résumé / Abstract : 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.