Title
Origin Functions in Lambda-Calculus and Term Rewriting Systems
Abstract
We use Origin functions to describe the notions of descendance and residuals in reduction systems such as the -calculus and linear term rewriting systems. We compare the origin functions for the -calculus and for term rewriting systems that implement this calculus, and Env. We show that the notions of origin do not correspond exactly, but we describe an extension of the notion of origin that permits the correct computation of -calculus origins for derivations of Env. We show that this extension is not sufficient to give the same result for and we give another extension for that system. This work is interesting as it provides a distinction between the two term rewriting systems. This work has applications in the debugging of languages based on the -calculus or environments.
Year
DOI
Venue
1992
10.1007/3-540-55251-0_3
CAAP
Keywords
DocType
ISBN
term rewriting systems,origin functions,lambda calculus
Conference
3-540-55251-0
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.54
4
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yves Bertot144240.82