Gentlefolk:
Help. I need support for a technical argument: why going to an intermediate
form for an existing functional back end like Haskell really, truly is
better for implementing a functional language than is going to an
intermediate form like the Java intermediate form and re-doing all the
various specialized mechanism needed to support a true lazy functional
language. In other words, I need a pithy paper or book chapter that will
convince someone unfamiliar with functional languages that Functional Back
Ends Really Are Different --- no, Really Truly Different. Something on the
order of Why Functional Programming Matters, but for the implementor of the
language, not the programmer.
Any pointers to a good article or book chapter that might help? I keep
saying that this bookkeeping is a BIG task, but they keep saying they know
they can "handle" it. Pithy comments? Staff year estimates? Horror
stories?
Thanks, anyone.
Dave Barton
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