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Sequent calculi and abstract machines
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Volume 31 ,  Issue 4  (May 2009) table of contents
Article No. 13  
Year of Publication: 2009
ISSN:0164-0925
Authors
Zena M. Ariola  University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Aaron Bohannon  University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Amr Sabry  Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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ACM  New York, NY, USA
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ABSTRACT

We propose a sequent calculus derived from the λ―μμ˜-calculus of Curien and Herbelin that is expressive enough to directly represent the fine details of program evaluation using typical abstract machines. Not only does the calculus easily encode the usual components of abstract machines such as environments and stacks, but it can also simulate the transition steps of the abstract machine with just a constant overhead. Technically this is achieved by ensuring that reduction in the calculus always happens at a bounded depth from the root of the term. We illustrate these properties by providing shallow encodings of the Krivine (call-by-name) and the CEK (call-by-value) abstract machines in the calculus.


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Zena M. Ariola: colleagues
Aaron Bohannon: colleagues
Amr Sabry: colleagues