Defunctionalized interpreters for programming languages

ACM SIGPLAN Notices

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 131-142

  Danvy, Olivier ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Big step abstract machines; Context sensitive reduction semantics; Continuations; CPS transformation; Defunctionalization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; FUNCTION EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; SEMANTICS;

ABSTRACT MACHINES; CONTINUATIONS; CPS TRANSFORMATION; DEFUNCTIONALIZATIONS; REDUCTION SEMANTICS;

FORMAL METHODS;

EID: 67650034878     PISSN: 15232867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1411203.1411206     Document Type: Article

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