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Want a fast and cheap FP interpreter?  IFP[1] is a variant of Backus' FP [3].  
The IFP interpreter is written in C and is an order of magnitude faster than 
BSD 4.2 FP [4].  IFP should run on any UNIX box.  The interpreter is in the 
public domain and available by ftp.

Arch D. Robison
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	
CSNET: robison@UIUC.CSNET
UUCP: {pur-ee,convex}!uiucdcs!robison
ARPA: robison@CS.UIUC.EDU (robison@UIUC.ARPA)

General References
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[1]  Arch D. Robison, "Illinois  Functional  Programming:  A
     Tutorial," BYTE Vol. 12,2 pp. 115-125 McGraw-Hill Inc.,
     (February 1987).

[2]  Arch D. Robison, "The Illinois Functional Programming Interpreter,"
     SIGPLAN '87 Symp. on Interpreters and Interpretive Techniques,
     June, 1987, pp. 64-73.

[3]  John Backus, "Can Programming Be Liberated from the von
     Neumann  Style?   A Functional Style and Its Algebra of
     Programs," CACM  Vol.  21,8 pp.  613-641  ACM,  (August
     1978).

[4]  Scott Baden, "Berkeley FP  User's  Manual,  Rev.  4.1,"
     UNIX Programmers Manual, (July 27,1983).