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Deriving mixed evaluation from standard evaluation for a simple functional language

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Abstract

We demonstrate how a specification for the standard evaluation of a simple functional programming language can be systematically extended to a specification for mixed evaluation. Using techniques inspired by natural semantics we specify a standard evaluator by a set of inference rules. The evaluation of programs is then performed by a restricted kind of theorem proving in this logic. We then describe a systematic method for extending the proof system for standard evaluation to a new proof system that provides greater flexibility in treating bound variables in the object-level functional programs. We demonstrate how this extended proof system provides the capabilities of a mixed evaluator and how correctness with respect to standard evaluation can be proved in a simple and direct manner. The current work focuses only on a primitive notion of mixed evaluation for a simple functional programming language, but we believe that our methods will extend to more sophisticated kinds of evaluations and richer languages.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMathematics of Program Construction - 375th Anniversary of the Groningen University International Conference, Proceedings
EditorsJan L.A. van de Snepscheut
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages239-255
Number of pages17
ISBN (Print)9783540513056
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1989
Externally publishedYes
EventConference on Mathematics of Program Construction at the occasion of the university's 375th anniversary, 1989 - Groningen, Netherlands
Duration: 26 Jun 198930 Jun 1989

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume375 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceConference on Mathematics of Program Construction at the occasion of the university's 375th anniversary, 1989
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityGroningen
Period26/06/8930/06/89

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