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The Computer Journal 1988 31(6):517-524; doi:10.1093/comjnl/31.6.517
© 1988 by British Computer Society
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Higher-order Transformations and Type Simulations

M. C. Henson *

Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ

We examine higher-order program transformations in the context of a typed, pattern-directed, higher-order, lazy functional language. We introduce the notions of higher-order accumulation and type simulation as transformational techniques. Our main illustration of these techniques concerns the transformation of a description of a small programming language into a code generator. In this example we show how our techniques tackle important questions regarding the circumstances under which data, in a functional program, can be destructively updated with impunity.

Received April 1987. revised February 1988.

* Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ


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