From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,29fe9a340e0d180d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: fjh@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) Subject: Re: Depending on passing mechanism Date: 1997/10/18 Message-ID: <62a171$kpc@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 281467804 References: <622b4t$nhe$1@gonzo.sun3.iaf.nl> Organization: Comp Sci, University of Melbourne Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-10-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: 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 . -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp.