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Polymorphic Type Checking by Interpretation of Code

Abstract: The type system of most modern functional programming languages is based on Milner's polymorphism. A compiler or interpreter usually checks (or infers) the types of functions and other values by directly inspecting the source code of a program. Here, another approach is taken: The program is first translated into code for a stack machine and then a non-standard interpreter applied to this code checks (or infers) the type of the corresponding values. This can be seen as an abstract interpretation of the object code of the program.

This file is a slightly modified version of the LFCS Technical Report of September 1992. This version appeared in the Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Implementation of Functional Languages, Aachen. Editors Herbert Kuchen and Rita Loogen.

LFCS report ECS-LFCS-92-238, September 1992.