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A '''functional compiler''' is a [[Compiler|compiler]] for a functional programming language. Functional compilers perform such transformation on source code which transform it to [[Continuation-passing style|continuation-passing style]] or administrative normal form and need to handle [[Tail call|tail call]]s correctly.
== Further reading ==
* [[Biography:Simon Peyton Jones|Simon Peyton Jones]] (1987). ''[http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/slpj-book-1987/index.htm The Implementation of Functional Programming Languages]''
* R. Douence and P. Fradet. "A systematic study of functional language implementations". ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems, 20(2):344–387, March 1998.
* Several proceedings on ''Implementation of functional languages'' in the ''[[Lecture Notes in Computer Science]]'' series.

==External links==
* [http://scheme2006.cs.uchicago.edu/11-ghuloum.pdf An Incremental Approach to Compiler Construction]


[[Category:Implementation of functional programming languages]]

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