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Michael Bernstein
June 12, 2015
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Compiling a Dependently Typed Language to Ruby
A.K.A. "Compilers Are Dope And Also A Little Bit About Fancy Types"
Michael Bernstein
June 12, 2015
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Compiling A Dependently Typed Language To Ruby Michael R. Bernstein
RubyNation / 2015.6.12 / Silver Spring, Maryland
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Why?
New ways of looking at how programs are designed, written,
executed, optimized, refactored, etc.
A New Lens
Compilers Are Dope And Also A Little Bit About Fancy
Types Michael R. Bernstein RubyNation / 2015.6.12 / Silver Spring, Maryland
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Very Interesting
Why?
How?
Compilers
Compiler: - a computer program - that consumes computer programs
- and produces computer programs
Compiler: - a computer program - that does whatever you
want
[Animated image representing the sheer awesomeness of COMPILERS]
“Modern Compiler Implementation in ML” Appel
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C ASM ????
X Y ????
Idris Ruby ????
Idris Ruby Rainbows, wizard dust, prayers, mystical insights, etc.
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Intermediate Representations
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Idris Ruby ????
LAMBDA CALCULUS
Everything that is computable can be expressed in terms of
the lambda calculus.
Everything that is computable can be compiled to the lambda
calculus.
Intermediate Representations Intermediate Representations Intermediate Representations Intermediate Representations Intermediate Representations
Intermediate Representations
TT TT Case IR Case IR Lift IR Defunc IR
ANF Idris ???
TT TT Case IR Case IR Lift IR Defunc IR
ANF Idris PHP
Tour and Demo!
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DEEP BREATH
Type Systems
[Animated image representing the sheer awesomeness of TYPE SYSTEMS]
Dependent Types
Fancy Types
Expressive Types
pythag : Int -> List (Int, Int, Int) counter_rpc :
Int -> Maybe Int -> Process (Maybe Int) (Int,Int)
Program Phases
Syntax Check Compile Execute Test Type Check Write
Syntax Check Compile Execute Test Type Check Write
Syntax Check Compile Execute Test Type Check Write
More People To Read
Stephanie Weirich
Conor McBride
Philip Wadler
Works Cited
Sam Elliot, Edwin Brady, #idris, RubyNation & you! Acknowledgements
Thank You w michaelrbernste.in t @mrb_bk