From: fjh@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: Depending on passing mechanism
Date: 1997/10/18
Date: 1997-10-18T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <62a171$kpc@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: hbaker-1710970933080001@10.0.2.1
hbaker@netcom.com (Henry Baker) writes:
> 3. Add a new concept to your language: 'linear'/'unique' types. These
> objects are guaranteed to be singly referenced because this is enforced
> by the type system. Poof! No aliasing! This concept was pioneered by
> NIL/Hermes, and has recently been incorporated into some logical
> (prolog-like) languages and some functional languages ('Clean' from KU
> Leaven). There is a large and growing body of mathematics called
> 'linear logic' that puts linear types on a firm theoretical foundation.
Minor correction: I think the language Clean comes from KU (Katholieke
Universiteit) Nijmegan in the Netherlands, not KU Leuven in Belgium.
For more info on Clean, see <http://www.cs.kun.nl/~clean>.
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Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-10-13 0:00 Depending on passing mechanism Andre Spiegel
1997-10-13 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-10-14 0:00 ` Henry Baker
1997-10-15 0:00 ` JP Thornley
1997-10-15 0:00 ` Geert Bosch
1997-10-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-10-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-10-17 0:00 ` Andre Spiegel
1997-10-17 0:00 ` Henry Baker
1997-10-17 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-10-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-10-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-10-21 0:00 ` Peter Hermann
1997-10-22 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-10-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-10-22 0:00 ` Henry Baker
1997-10-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-10-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-10-22 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-10-15 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-10-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-10-22 0:00 ` Henry Baker
1997-10-15 0:00 ` Henry Baker
1997-10-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-10-15 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-10-16 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-10-17 0:00 ` Henry Baker
1997-10-18 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson [this message]
1997-10-18 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-10-18 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-19 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-10-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-10-22 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-10-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
[not found] ` <dewar.877601826@merv>
1997-10-23 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-10-23 0:00 ` Henry Baker
1997-10-23 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-10-19 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-10-19 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-10-20 0:00 ` Fergus Henderson
1997-10-20 0:00 ` Henry Baker
1997-10-20 0:00 ` Tucker Taft
1997-10-21 0:00 ` Geert Bosch
1997-10-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-10-22 0:00 ` Henry Baker
1997-10-21 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-10-22 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1997-10-23 0:00 ` Henry Baker
1997-10-23 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1997-10-24 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-10-23 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-10-21 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1997-10-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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