Implementing Open Call-by-Value

Beniamino Accattoli; Giulio Guerrieri

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68972-2_1

Implementing Open Call-by-Value

Beniamino Accattoli, Giulio Guerrieri

Department of Computer Science

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

10 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The theory of the call-by-value -calculus relies on weak evaluation and closed terms, that are natural hypotheses in the study of programming languages. To model proof assistants, however, strong evaluation and open terms are required. Open call-by-value is the intermediate setting of weak evaluation with open terms, on top of which Grégoire and Leroy designed the abstract machine of Coq. This paper provides a theory of abstract machines for open call-by-value. The literature contains machines that are either simple but inefficient, as they have an exponential overhead, or efficient but heavy, as they rely on a labelling of environments and a technical optimization. We introduce a machine that is simple and efficient: it does not use labels and it implements open call-by-value within a bilinear overhead. Moreover, we provide a new fine understanding of how different optimizations impact on the complexity of the overhead.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fundamentals of Software Engineering - 7th International Conference, FSEN 2017, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Marjan Sirjani, Mehdi Dastani, Marjan Sirjani
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	1-19
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Print)	9783319689715
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68972-2_1
Publication status	Published - 11 Oct 2017
Event	7th International Conference on Fundamentals of Software Engineering, FSEN 2017 - Teheran, Iran, Islamic Republic of Duration: 26 Apr 2017 → 28 Apr 2017

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	10522 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	7th International Conference on Fundamentals of Software Engineering, FSEN 2017
Country	Iran, Islamic Republic of
City	Teheran
Period	26/04/17 → 28/04/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science(all)

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Accattoli, B., & Guerrieri, G. (2017). Implementing Open Call-by-Value. In M. Sirjani, M. Dastani, & M. Sirjani (Eds.), Fundamentals of Software Engineering - 7th International Conference, FSEN 2017, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 1-19). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10522 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68972-2_1

Implementing Open Call-by-Value. / Accattoli, Beniamino; Guerrieri, Giulio.

Fundamentals of Software Engineering - 7th International Conference, FSEN 2017, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Marjan Sirjani; Mehdi Dastani; Marjan Sirjani. Springer Verlag, 2017. p. 1-19 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10522 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Accattoli, B & Guerrieri, G 2017, Implementing Open Call-by-Value. in M Sirjani, M Dastani & M Sirjani (eds), Fundamentals of Software Engineering - 7th International Conference, FSEN 2017, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 10522 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 1-19, 7th International Conference on Fundamentals of Software Engineering, FSEN 2017, Teheran, Iran, Islamic Republic of, 26/04/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68972-2_1

Accattoli B, Guerrieri G. Implementing Open Call-by-Value. In Sirjani M, Dastani M, Sirjani M, editors, Fundamentals of Software Engineering - 7th International Conference, FSEN 2017, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Verlag. 2017. p. 1-19. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68972-2_1

Accattoli, Beniamino ; Guerrieri, Giulio. / Implementing Open Call-by-Value. Fundamentals of Software Engineering - 7th International Conference, FSEN 2017, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Marjan Sirjani ; Mehdi Dastani ; Marjan Sirjani. Springer Verlag, 2017. pp. 1-19 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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