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Note on Algol and conservatively extending functional programming

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Peter W. O'Hearn
Peter W. O'Hearn
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Syracuse University
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A simple Idealized Algol is considered, based on Reynolds's ‘essence of Algol’. It is shown that observational equivalence in this language conservatively extends observational equivalence in its assignment-free functional sublanguage.

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Journal of Functional Programming , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 171 - 180
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