Low cost first class functions

Technical Report

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Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/w0892k33c

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Budd, Timothy A.
Abstract	We describe a. new approach to implementing functions as first class values. Using this technique, there is no additional overhead imposed for the most common case, that of non-nested functions bound at compile time. Invoking function values assigned to variables requires two additional instructions. It is only when functions are invoked which contain nested functions that can outlive their defining context that the full overhead of the construction of dynamic closures is required. The approach is being used in a new strongly typed compiled multi-paradigm programming language being developed by the author.
Resource Type	Technical Report
Date Issued	1989
Academic Affiliation	Computer Science
Series	Technical report (Oregon State University. Department of Computer Science)
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University. Department of Computer Science
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]

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