Static Interpretation of Higher-order Modules in Futhark: Functional GPU Programming in the Large

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We present a higher-order module system for the purely functional data-parallel array language Futhark. The module language has the property that it is completely eliminated at compile time, yet it serves as a powerful tool for organizing libraries and complete programs. The presentation includes a static and a dynamic semantics for the language in terms of, respectively, a static type system and a provably terminating elaboration of terms into terms of an underlying target language. The development is formalised in Coq using a novel encoding of semantic objects based on products, sets, and finite maps. The module language features a unified treatment of module type abstraction and core language polymorphism and is rich enough for expressing practical forms of module composition.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages
Number of pages30
Volume2
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publication date2018
EditionICFP
Pages97:1-97:30
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

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