First Advisor

Sergio Antoy

Term of Graduation

Spring 2023

Date of Publication

5-16-2023

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science

Department

Computer Science

Language

English

Subjects

Compilers (Computer programs), Functional programming (Computer science)

DOI

10.15760/etd.3564

Physical Description

1 online resource (vii, 254 pages)

Abstract

This document presents a new compiler for the Functional Logic programming language Curry based on a novel pull-tabbing evaluation strategy called the Fair Scheme. A simple version of the Fair Scheme is proven sound, complete, and optimal. An elaborated version is also developed, which supports narrowing computations and other features of Curry, such as constraint programming, equational constraints, and set functions.

The Fair Scheme is used to develop a new Curry system called Sprite, a high-quality, performant implementation whose aims are to promote practical uses of Curry and to serve as a laboratory for further research. An important aspect of Sprite is its integration with the popular imperative language Python. This combination allows one to write hybrid programs in which the programmer may move between declarative and non-declarative styles with relative ease. Benchmarking data show Sprite to be more complete than other Curry systems and competitive in terms of execution time, particularly for non-deterministic programs.

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©2023 Andrew Michael Jost

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Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/40423

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Sprite.FINAL.4.24.2023.tgz (2496 kB)
Sprite Curry Compiler source code
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