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All traditional implementation techniques for functional languages (mostly based on supercombinators, environments or continuations) fail to avoid useless repetition of work; they are not 'optimal' in their implementation of sharing, often causing a catastrophic, exponential explosion in reduction time. Optimal reduction is an innovative graph reduction technique for functional expressions, introduced by Lamping in 1990, that solves the sharing problem. This book, the first in the subject, is a comprehensive account by two of its leading exponents. Practical implementation aspects are fully covered as are the mathematical underpinnings of the subject. The relationship to the pioneering work of Levy and to Girard's more recent Geometry of Interaction are explored; optimal reduction is thereby revealed as a prime example of how a beautiful mathematical theory can lead to practical benefit. The book is essentially self-contained, requiring no more than basic familiarity with functional languages. It will be welcomed by graduate students and research workers in lambda calculus, functional programming or linear logic.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521621120
eBay Product ID (ePID)88948989
Product Key Features
Number of Pages408 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Optimal Implementation of Functional Programming Languages
Publication Year1998
SubjectComputer Science
TypeTextbook
AuthorStefano Guerrini, Andrea Asperti
SeriesCambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science
Dimensions
Item Height229 mm
Item Weight770 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorStefano Guerrini, Andrea Asperti