Title :
Very fast reduction machine for functional programming without variables
Author_Institution :
Paris Sci. Centre, France
fDate :
9/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The paper presents a new programming language and its reduction machine. The name of the language is Graal and it is based on the unusual concepts of functional form issued from FP systems and uncurryfied combinator from combinatory logic. It does not use variables but is nevertheless readable. Its reduction machine is new, object-oriented, distributed and modular. It runs very efficiently on classical Von Neumann architectures and can be used to implement other functional languages.
Keywords :
functional programming; high level languages; FP systems; Graal; classical Von Neumann architectures; combinatory logic; distributed; functional programming; modular; object-oriented; programming language; reduction machine; uncurryfied combinator;
Journal_Title :
Computers and Digital Techniques, IEE Proceedings E