From: Tom <tom.primozic@gmail.com>
To: skaller <skaller@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: "Caml List" <caml-list@yquem.inria.fr>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Function application implementation
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:52:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c1490a380704260152h34df93e9p20decd2f13459bbe@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1177557207.8088.27.camel@rosella.wigram>
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On 26/04/07, skaller <skaller@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
> It knows the type of the function expression, and that is all
> that is required. Incidentally Ocaml evaluates right to left. So
>
> f x y z
>
> will be roughly:
>
> push (eval z)
> push (eval y)
> push (eval x)
> push (eval f)
> apply
> apply
> apply
But that doesn't explain how does each apply know what to do, either to
build a new closure (in the case above, the first two applies) or to
actually call the code (the third apply).
- Tom
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-04-25 22:38 Tom
2007-04-26 3:13 ` [Caml-list] " skaller
2007-04-26 8:52 ` Tom [this message]
2007-04-26 9:17 ` skaller
2007-04-26 9:25 ` Xavier Leroy
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