This paper by Andrew Appel argues that SSA form is equivalent to functional programming.
This paper by Andrew Appel argues that SSA form is equivalent to functional programming.
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He’s not the only one to argue this. See http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?AssignVariablesOnce for a brief discussion at the programmer level.
Comment by charles — July 7, 2008 @ 8:55 am