Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Commentary/Rts/HaskellExecution

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09/12/06 08:38:13 (7 years ago)
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    33= The Haskell Execution Model = 
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    5 The [wiki:Commentary/Compiler/StgSynType STG language] has a clear ''operational'' model, as well as having a declarative lambda-calculus reading.  The business of the code generator is to translate the STG program into `C--`, and thence to machine code, but that is mere detail. From the STG program you should be able to understand: 
     5The [wiki:Commentary/Compiler/StgSynType STG language] has a clear ''operational'' model, as well as having a declarative lambda-calculus reading.  The business of the [wiki:Commentary/Compiler/CodeGen code generator] is to translate the STG program into `C--`, and thence to machine code, but that is mere detail. From the STG program you should be able to understand: 
    66  * What functions are in the compiled program, and what their entry and return conventions are 
    77  * What heap objects are allocated, when, and what their layout is