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Sound specialization in the presence of computational effects

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Theoretical Aspects of Computer Software (TACS 1997)

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Moggi's computational lambda calculus λc is a well-established model of computation. We define a two-level version λ c of the computational lambda calculus and demonstrate that it is an inevitable description for sound specialization. We implement the calculus in terms of a standard two-level lambda calculus via a continuation-passing style transformation. This transformation is sound and complete with respect to λc; it forms a reflection in the two-level lambda calculus of λ c. As a practical ramification of this work we show that several published specialization algorithms are unsound and develop a sound specializer similar to continuation-based specializers.

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  1. IRISA/IRRIA Rennes, Campus Universitaire de Beaulieu, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France

    Julia L. Lawall

  2. Universität Tübingen, Sand 13, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany

    Peter Thiemann

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Lawall, J.L., Thiemann, P. (1997). Sound specialization in the presence of computational effects. In: Abadi, M., Ito, T. (eds) Theoretical Aspects of Computer Software. TACS 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1281. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0014551

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