Creating TransLucid

With formal foundations in intensional logic,
intensional programming is an independent programming
paradigm that originated in the 1970's. Since then it
has remained an active field of research, with
applications in many areas of computer science. This
book presents the new intensional programming
language TransLucid, a low-level, purely declarative
language. Built on a simple algebra and with just a
small number of primitives, TransLucid programs
define arbitrary dimensional, infinite data
structures, which are then queried to produce
results. The semantics of TransLucid are fully
specified using operational semantics.
Various extensions enrich the expressiveness of the
language, allowing the encoding of diverse
programming models, the translation of imperative
programs into TransLucid and the runtime updating of
programs. The language TransLucid represents a
decisive advance in intensional programming. With two
background information chapters, this book should
appeal to anyone with an interest in intensional
programming, declarative programming and programming
languages in general.

Autorentext

BEng (Software Eng), PhD.In 2007 Gabriel was awarded a doctorate in Computer Science bythe University of New South Wales, Australia. He now teaches atUNSW and is part of the Programming Languages andSystems research group.

Klappentext

With formal foundations in intensional logic,intensional programming is an independent programmingparadigm that originated in the 1970's. Since then ithas remained an active field of research, withapplications in many areas of computer science. Thisbook presents the new intensional programminglanguage TransLucid, a low-level, purely declarativelanguage. Built on a simple algebra and with just asmall number of primitives, TransLucid programsdefine arbitrary dimensional, infinite datastructures, which are then queried to produceresults. The semantics of TransLucid are fullyspecified using operational semantics.Various extensions enrich the expressiveness of thelanguage, allowing the encoding of diverseprogramming models, the translation of imperativeprograms into TransLucid and the runtime updating ofprograms. The language TransLucid represents adecisive advance in intensional programming. With twobackground information chapters, this book shouldappeal to anyone with an interest in intensionalprogramming, declarative programming and programminglanguages in general.