Re: "declarative" language design pros/cons

torbenm@diku.dk (=?iso-8859-1?q?Torben_=C6gidius_Mogensen?=)
5 Dec 2004 21:33:06 -0500

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"declarative" language design pros/cons devobject@gmail.com (Dev Object) (2004-12-01)
Re: "declarative" language design pros/cons torbenm@diku.dk (2004-12-05)
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From: torbenm@diku.dk (=?iso-8859-1?q?Torben_=C6gidius_Mogensen?=)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 5 Dec 2004 21:33:06 -0500
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Copenhagen
References: 04-12-007
Keywords: design
Posted-Date: 05 Dec 2004 21:33:06 EST

Dev Object <devobject@gmail.com> writes:


> I am trying to learn more about "declarative" language design pros/cons
> vis-a-vis "imperative" approach.
>
> Are there are any papers that are recommended reading to better grasp
> the concept and the associated trade-offs in design, complexity of
> translator tools, challenges in grammar design, peformance and
> verification tools ?


I doubt grammar design complexity is influenced by declarative versus
imperative languages.


A few articles/sites that may if interest for some of th eother
points:


John Hughes, "Why Functional Programming Matters",
http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~rjmh/Papers/whyfp.html


Paul Hudak and Mark P. Jones, Haskell vs. Ada vs. C++ vs. Awk vs. ...
An Experiment in Software Prototyping Productivity,
www.cs.pdx.edu/~apt/cs457_2003/hudak-jones.pdf


The Great Computer Language Shootout
http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/great/


                Torben

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