Kan Extensions for Program Optimisation—Or: Art and Dan Explain an Old Trick

Many program optimisations involve transforming a program in direct style to an equivalent program in continuation-passing style. This paper investigates the theoretical underpinnings of this transformation in the categorical setting of monads. We argue that so-called absolute Kan Extensions underli...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Hinze, R
Formaat: Conference item
Gepubliceerd in: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 2012