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Factorising folds for faster functions

Part of: JFP Research Articles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 June 2010

GRAHAM HUTTON ,
MAURO JASKELIOFF  and
ANDY GILL
GRAHAM HUTTON
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK (e-mail: gmh@cs.nott.ac.uk)
MAURO JASKELIOFF
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina (e-mail: mauro@fceia.unr.edu.ar)
ANDY GILL
Affiliation:
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA (e-mail: andygill@ku.edu)
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The worker/wrapper transformation is a general technique for improving the performance of recursive programs by changing their types. The previous formalisation (A. Gill & G. Hutton, J. Funct. Program., vol. 19, 2009, pp. 227–251) was based upon a simple fixed-point semantics of recursion. In this paper, we develop a more structured approach, based upon initial-algebra semantics. In particular, we show how the worker/wrapper transformation can be applied to programs defined using the structured pattern of recursion captured by fold operators, and illustrate our new technique with a number of examples.

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Journal of Functional Programming , Volume 20 , Special Issue 3-4: Generic Programming , July 2010 , pp. 353 - 373
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