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SECD machine

The SECD machine is an influential virtual machine and abstract machine intended as a target for compilers of functional programming languages. The letters stand for stack, environment, control, dump, respectively, which are the internal registers of the machine. The registers stack, control, and dump point to (some realizations of) stacks, and…

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Available in
English
Included with
Lispkit Lisp, Lisp/370, pure_LISP
Operating system
Linux, Windows, MS-DOS
Original author
Peter Landin
Release
1964; 62 years ago (1964)
Size
~ 76K, 185K, 920K

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SECD machine

Nodes38
Edges37
Triples50
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.052632
Components1

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SECD machine

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related to Further reading · 28
SECD machine → ACM, Addison-Wesley, Anthony, Archived, Brian, BRICS, Communications, Danvy, Field, Functional Programming, Harrison, ISBN, ISSN, Landin's SECD Machine, March, Olivier, PDF, Peter, Rational Deconstruction, Retrieved
related to Registers and memory · 8
SECD machine → Due, Even, Functions, Like, Obviously, SECD, The, The SECD
related to Landin's contribution · 4
SECD machine → ALGOL, If, Landin's SECD, Turner
Available in · 1
SECD machine → English
Included with · 1
SECD machine → Lispkit Lisp, Lisp/370, pure_LISP
Operating system · 1
SECD machine → Linux, Windows, MS-DOS
Original author · 1
SECD machine → Peter Landin
Release · 1
SECD machine → 1964; 62 years ago (1964)
Size · 1
SECD machine → ~ 76K, 185K, 920K
Type · 1
SECD machine → virtual and abstract machine

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stack list machine value secd environment onto evaluation dump function empty current cell pushed one first memory closure landin lisp

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SECD machineAvailable inEnglish1.00infobox
SECD machineIncluded withLispkit Lisp, Lisp/370, pure_LISP1.00infobox
SECD machineOperating systemLinux, Windows, MS-DOS1.00infobox
SECD machineOriginal authorPeter Landin1.00infobox
SECD machineRelease1964; 62 years ago (1964)1.00infobox
SECD machineSize~ 76K, 185K, 920K1.00infobox
SECD machineTypevirtual and abstract machine1.00infobox
SECD machineWebsiteskelet.ludost.net/sec1.00infobox
SECD machineis ainfluential virtual machine and abstract machine intended as a target for compilers of functional programming languages0.90text
Lisp/370instance ofand the SECD machine has been used as the target for other systems0.80text
SECD machinerelated to Further readingDanvy0.60section
SECD machinerelated to Further readingOlivier0.60section

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