Translucent Procedures, Abstraction without Opacity

Title: en_US Translucent Procedures, Abstraction without Opacity
Creator: en_US Rozas, Guillermo J.
Date: 2004-10-20T20:23:58Z
Date Available: 2004-10-20T20:23:58Z
Date Issued: en_US 1993-10-01
Identifier: en_US AITR-1427
uri: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7053
Abstract: en_US This report introduces TRANSLUCENT PROCEDURES as a new mechanism for implementing behavioral abstractions. Like an ordinary procedure, a translucent procedure can be invoked, and thus provides an obvious way to capture a BEHAVIOR. Translucent procedures, like ordinary procedures, can be manipulated as first-class objects and combined using functional composition. But unlike ordinary procedures, translucent procedures have structure that can be examined in well-specified non-destructive ways, without invoking the procedure.
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Language: en_US
Relation: en_US AITR-1427