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A Functional Correspondence between Evaluators and Abstract Machines #71

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hzafar opened this issue Aug 20, 2017 · 0 comments
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hzafar commented Aug 20, 2017

http://www.brics.dk/RS/03/13/BRICS-RS-03-13.pdf

From section 6: "What is the difference between an abstract machine and a virtual machine? In a companion article [1], we propose to distinguish them based on the notion of instruction set: A virtual machine has an instruction set whereas an abstract machine does not. An abstract machine directly operates on a λ-term, but a virtual machine operates on a compiled representation of a λ-term, expressed using an instruction set."

[1] "From Interpreter to Compiler and Virtual Machine: A Functional Derivation": http://www.brics.dk/RS/03/14/BRICS-RS-03-14.pdf

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