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The Mechanical Evaluation of Expressions
Abstract
This paper is a contribution to the “theory” of the activity of using computers. It shows how some forms of expression used in current programming languages can be modelled in Church's λ-notation, and then describes a way of “interpreting” such expressions. This suggests a method, of analyzing the things computer users write, that applies to many different problem orientations and to different phases of the activity of using a computer. Also a technique is introduced by which the various composite information structures involved can be formally characterized in their essentials, without commitment to specific written or other representations.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Landin, P. J.
- Venue
- The Computer Journal
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1964-01-01
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 308-320
- ISSN
- 0010-4620 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2067
- OpenAlex
- W2113757735
- Cited by
- 926
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 9.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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