The architecture of symbolic computers / Peter M. Kogge.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw Hill Education, c1991Description: xxi, 739 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 70355967
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA 76.9.A73 .K64 1991
Contents:
The fundamentals of computation; expresions and their notation; symbolic expressions and abstract programs; lambda calculus; a formal basis fror abstract programming; self interpretation; the SECD abstract machine; memory management for S-expressions; demand-driven evaluation; LISP; variants and machines; combinators and graph reduction; other function-based systems; a logic overview; predicate logic and the first inference engine; the fundamentals of first inference engines; the Prolog inference engine; the Warren abstract machine; optimizations and extensions.
Summary: Focuses on the design and implementation of two classes of non-von Neumann computer architecture: those designed for functional and logical language computing.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 707-720) and index.

The fundamentals of computation; expresions and their notation; symbolic expressions and abstract programs; lambda calculus; a formal basis fror abstract programming; self interpretation; the SECD abstract machine; memory management for S-expressions; demand-driven evaluation; LISP; variants and machines; combinators and graph reduction; other function-based systems; a logic overview; predicate logic and the first inference engine; the fundamentals of first inference engines; the Prolog inference engine; the Warren abstract machine; optimizations and extensions.

Focuses on the design and implementation of two classes of non-von Neumann computer architecture: those designed for functional and logical language computing.

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