robison@uiucdcsb.UUCP (01/29/87)
IFP [1] is a variant of Backus' FP [2] language. The IFP interpreter is an
order of magnitude faster than the fp that comes with BSD 4.2. The interpreter
is written in C and runs on every UNIX box I've found.
I'm going to try to make the IFP 0.5 sources available (probably by
anonymous ftp.) Those that are interested should send me e-mail.
I'll also make an MS-DOS version for IBM-PC clones available.
[1] "Illinois Functional Programming: A Tutorial," Arch D. Robison,
BYTE (12,2), February 1987, p. 115-125.
[2] "Can Programming Be Liberated from the von Neumann Style? A Functional
Style and Its Algebra of Programs," John Backus, CACM (21,8), August 1978,
p. 613-641.
Arch D. Robison robison@uiucdcs
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign