Two key steps in the compilation of strict functional languages are the conversion of higher-order functions to data structures (closures) and the transformation to tail-recursive...
Customizable meta-objects are a powerful abstraction for extending language features and implementation mechanisms, but interpretive execution suffers from severe performance penal...
Abstract. Type-directed partial evaluation stems from the residualization of arbitrary static values in dynamic contexts, given their type. Its algorithm coincides with the one for...
Source code generators are often applied in embedded systems design to combine the flexibility necessary for reusability with the performance of highly specialized software. Howe...
XML query languages typically allow the specification of structural patterns of elements. Finding the occurrences of such patterns in an XML tree is the key operation in XML quer...