Functions, Frames, and Interactions -- completing a λ-calculus-based purely functional language with respect to programming-in-the-large and interactions with runtime environments (1998)
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@MISC{Reinke98functions,frames,,
author = {Claus Reinke},
title = {Functions, Frames, and Interactions -- completing a λ-calculus-based purely functional language with respect to programming-in-the-large and interactions with runtime environments},
year = {1998}
}
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Abstract
The original aim of the work that led to this dissertation was to extend an existing, purely functional language with facilities for input/output and modular programming. The language is based on an untyped -calculus, i.e., program execution is defined as program transformation according to a fixed set of reduction rules including fi-reduction. Consistently, the implementation comprises an interactive reduction system which is integrated with a syntax-oriented editor: any sub-expression or program result can be submitted for (stepwise) reduction. There is no distinguished main program, no `global' environment and no explicit static part of the language -- in particular, there is no static type system. It is therefore not clear how to add one of the known solutions for input/output or modular programming to such a programming environment. Furthermore, simply adding features to the language would lead to a complex language design with weakly integrated parts, thus losing much of the appe...
