Compiling with Continuations

by Andrew W. Appel

Book Overview

The control and data flow of a program can be represented using continuations, a concept from denotational semantics that has practical application in real compilers. This book shows how continuation-passing style is used as an intermediate representation on which to perform optimisations and program transformations. Continuations can be used to compile most programming languages. The method is illustrated in a compiler for the programming language...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052103311X
• ISBN13: 9780521033114
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"