Re: nested functions

reji_thomas@symantec.com wrote:
> Thanks a lot for the replies. I will go through the papers Tommy
> mentioned. Will be back with more questions :).
>
> Also if there are other materials which will help , please do post the
> same.


I realized a different way to explain this: lambda lifting will work
for the Pascal case, as long as the lifted variables (which are
modified) are passed by reference. This is exactly how you'd typically
hand-translate Pascal to C.


This is vaguely related to the Algol discussions here and on comp.arch.


I can't think of any realistic examples where static chaining or
displays will be better than lambda lifting assuming a decent compiler
and modern architecture (w/lots of registers).


Tommy

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