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Article #608Re: Why functional languages?
From: Patrick Miller
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:09
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 21:09
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In article <farrell.717828892@coral>, farrell@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au (John Farrell) writes: |> For functional language compiler dudes, they are a heck of a long way away |> from a C compiler, but on the other hand they have referential transparency |> to help them along. This isn't necessarily true. Functional language compilers can ``rediscover'' the imperative structure underneath the function structure of the source code -- this makes an efficient mapping possible if you can eliminate copying and other memory problems. This has been done for SISAL (see CACM, Aug. 92 --- Retire FORTRAN: A Debate Rekindled by Dave Cann). -- Pat Miller I have many opinions, but they patmiller@llnl.gov generally aren't humble ones
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!s1.gov!lll-winken!diego.llnl.gov!miller From: miller@diego.llnl.gov (Patrick Miller) Newsgroups: comp.lang.functional Subject: Re: Why functional languages? Message-ID: <137591@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> Date: 30 Sep 92 21:09:52 GMT References: <1992Sep26.212935.26809@eng.umd.edu> <farrell.717828892@coral> Sender: usenet@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: diego.llnl.gov