A self-applicable online partial evaluator for recursive flowchart languages

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A self-applicable online partial evaluator for recursive flowchart languages. / Glück, Robert.

In: Software: Practice & Experience, Vol. 42, No. 6, 2012, p. 649-673.

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Glück, R 2012, 'A self-applicable online partial evaluator for recursive flowchart languages', Software: Practice & Experience, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 649-673. https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.1086

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Glück, R. (2012). A self-applicable online partial evaluator for recursive flowchart languages. Software: Practice & Experience, 42(6), 649-673. https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.1086

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Glück R. A self-applicable online partial evaluator for recursive flowchart languages. Software: Practice & Experience. 2012;42(6):649-673. https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.1086

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Glück, Robert. / A self-applicable online partial evaluator for recursive flowchart languages. In: Software: Practice & Experience. 2012 ; Vol. 42, No. 6. pp. 649-673.

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