Calculating Compilers Effectively

Garby, Zac; Hutton, Graham; Bahr, Patrick

Abstract

Much work in the area of compiler calculation has focused on pure languages. While this simplifies the reasoning, it reduces the applicability. In this article, we show how an existing compiler calculation methodology can be naturally extended to languages with side-effects. We achieve this by exploiting an algebraic approach to effects, which keeps the reasoning simple and provides flexibility in how effects are interpreted. To make the ideas accessible we only use elementary functional programming techniques.

Citation

Garby, Z., Hutton, G., & Bahr, P. (2024, September). Calculating Compilers Effectively. Presented at ACM SIGPLAN Haskell Symposium 2024, Milan, Italy

• Presentation Conference Type: Edited Proceedings
• Conference Name: ACM SIGPLAN Haskell Symposium 2024
• Start Date: Sep 6, 2024
• End Date: Sep 7, 2024
• Acceptance Date: Jul 5, 2024
• Deposit Date: Jul 16, 2024
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• ISBN: 9798400711022
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3677999.3678283
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/37306908