Recursive subtyping revealed: (functional pearl)

  • Authors:

  • Vladimir Gapeyev;Michael Y. Levin;Benjamin C. Pierce

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania;Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania;Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania

  • Venue:
  • ICFP '00 Proceedings of the fifth ACM SIGPLAN international conference on Functional programming
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

Algorithms for checking subtyping between recursive types lie at the core of many programming language implementations. But the fundamental theory of these algorithms and how they relate to simpler declarative specifications is not widely understood, due in part to the difficulty of the available introductions to the area. This tutorial paper offers an "end-to-end" introduction to recursive types and subtyping algorithms, from basic theory to efficient implementation, set in the unifying mathematical framework of coinduction.