An experiment in partial evaluation: the generation of a compiler generator
Proc. of the first international conference on Rewriting techniques and applications
Arity raiser and use in program specialization
Proceedings of the third European symposium on programming on ESOP '90
Separating binding times in language specifications
FPCA '89 Proceedings of the fourth international conference on Functional programming languages and computer architecture
Program bifurcation for a polymorphically typed functional language
PEPM '91 Proceedings of the 1991 ACM SIGPLAN symposium on Partial evaluation and semantics-based program manipulation
PEPM '93 Proceedings of the 1993 ACM SIGPLAN symposium on Partial evaluation and semantics-based program manipulation
Self-applicable online partial evaluation of the pure lambda calculus
PEPM '95 Proceedings of the 1995 ACM SIGPLAN symposium on Partial evaluation and semantics-based program manipulation
Polyvariant constructor specialisation
PEPM '95 Proceedings of the 1995 ACM SIGPLAN symposium on Partial evaluation and semantics-based program manipulation
Polyvariant specialisation for higher-order, block-structured languages
PEPM '95 Proceedings of the 1995 ACM SIGPLAN symposium on Partial evaluation and semantics-based program manipulation
Module-sensitive program specialisation
Proceedings of the ACM SIGPLAN 1997 conference on Programming language design and implementation
Partial evaluation and separate compilation
PEPM '97 Proceedings of the 1997 ACM SIGPLAN symposium on Partial evaluation and semantics-based program manipulation
Lambda-dropping: transforming recursive equations into programs with block structure
PEPM '97 Proceedings of the 1997 ACM SIGPLAN symposium on Partial evaluation and semantics-based program manipulation
Selected Papers from the Internaltional Seminar on Partial Evaluation
Selected Papers from the Internaltional Seminar on Partial Evaluation
Evolution of Partial Evaluators: Removing Inherited Limits
Selected Papers from the Internaltional Seminar on Partial Evaluation
Selected Papers from the Internaltional Seminar on Partial Evaluation
On jones-optimal specializers: a case study using unmix
APLAS'06 Proceedings of the 4th Asian conference on Programming Languages and Systems
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We study the evolution of partial evaluators over the past fifteen years from a particular perspective: The attempt to prevent structural bounds in the original programs from imposing limits on the structure of residual programs. It will often be the case that a language allows unbounded numbers or sizes of particular features, but each program (being finite) will only have a finite number or size of these features. If the residual programs cannot overcome the bounds given in the original program, that can be seen as a weakness in the partial evaluator, as it potentially limits the effectiveness of residual programs. We show how historical developments in partial evaluators have removed inherited limits, and suggest how this principle cem be used as a guideline for further development.