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Implementation of the typed call-by-value λ-calculus using a stack of regions

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POPL '94: Proceedings of the 21st ACM SIGPLAN-SIGACT symposium on Principles of programming languages

Pages 188 - 201

https://doi.org/10.1145/174675.177855

Published: 01 February 1994 Publication History

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We present a translation scheme for the polymorphically typed call-by-value λ-calculus. All runtime values, including function closures, are put into regions. The store consists of a stack of regions. Region inference and effect inference are used to infer where regions can be allocated and de-allocated. Recursive functions are handled using a limited form of polymorphic recursion. The translation is proved correct with respect to a store semantics, which models as a region-based run-time system. Experimental results suggest that regions tend to be small, that region allocation is frequent and that overall memory demands are usually modest, even without garbage collection.

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Implementation of the typed call-by-value λ-calculus using a stack of regions
1. Mathematics of computing
  1. Continuous mathematics
    1. Calculus
      1. Lambda calculus
  2. Mathematical analysis
    1. Calculus
      1. Lambda calculus
2. Theory of computation
  1. Semantics and reasoning
    1. Program constructs
      1. Type structures

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