Compiling with Continuations

By: Andrew W. Appel

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The control and data flow of a program can be represented using continuations, a concept from denotational semantics that has practical application in real compilers. This book shows how continuation-passing style is used as an intermediate representation on which to perform optimisations and program transformations. Continuations can be used to compile most programming languages. The method is illustrated in a compiler for the programming language Standard ML. However, prior knowledge of ML is not necessary, as the author carefully explains each concept as it arises. This is the first book to show how concepts from the theory of programming languages can be applied to the producton of practical optimising compilers for modern languages like ML. This book will be essential reading for compiler writers in both industry and academe, as well as for students and researchers in programming language theory.

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Acknowledgments
Overview
Continuation-passing style
Semantics of the CPS
ML-specific optimizations
Conversion into CPS
Optimization of the CPS
Beta-expansion
Hoisting
Common subexpressions
Closure conversion
Register spilling
Space complexity
The abstract machine
Machine code generation
Performance evaluation
The runtime system
Parallel programming
Future directions
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