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PLDI 2021
Sun 20 - Sat 26 June 2021 PLDI
Fri 25 Jun 2021 13:50 - 13:55 at PLDI-A - Talks 6A: Language Implementation
Sat 26 Jun 2021 01:50 - 01:55 at PLDI-A - Talks 6A: Language Implementation

Effect handlers have been gathering momentum as a mechanism for modular programming with user-defined effects. Effect handlers allow for non-local control flow mechanisms such as generators, async/await, lightweight threads and coroutines to be composably expressed. We present a design and evaluate a full-fledged efficient implementation of effect handlers for OCaml, an industrial-strength multi-paradigm programming language. Our implementation strives to maintain the backwards compatibility and performance profile of existing OCaml code. Retrofitting effect handlers onto OCaml is challenging since OCaml does not currently have any non-local control flow mechanisms other than exceptions. Our implementation of effect handlers for OCaml: (i) imposes a mean 1% overhead on a comprehensive macro benchmark suite that does not use effect handlers; (ii) remains compatible with program analysis tools that inspect the stack; and (iii) is efficient for new code that makes use of effect handlers.

Fri 25 Jun

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13:30 - 14:05
Talks 6A: Language ImplementationPLDI at PLDI-A +12h
13:30
5m
Talk
Hashing Modulo Alpha-Equivalence
PLDI
Krzysztof Maziarz Microsoft, Tom Ellis Microsoft, Alan Lawrence Microsoft, Andrew Fitzgibbon Microsoft, Simon Peyton Jones Microsoft
DOI
13:35
5m
Talk
An Efficient Interpreter for Datalog by De-specializing Relations
PLDI
Xiaowen Hu University of Sydney, David Zhao University of Sydney, Herbert Jordan Innsbruck University, Bernhard Scholz University of Sydney
DOI
13:40
5m
Talk
Distance-in-Time versus Distance-in-Space
PLDI
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir Pennsylvania State University, Xulong Tang University of Pittsburgh, Hui Zhao University of North Texas, Jihyun Ryoo Pennsylvania State University, Mustafa Karakoy TUBITAK-BILGEM
DOI
13:45
5m
Talk
High Performance Correctly Rounded Math Libraries for 32-bit Floating Point Representations
PLDI
Jay P. Lim Rutgers University, Santosh Nagarakatte Rutgers University
DOI Pre-print
13:50
5m
Talk
Retrofitting Effect Handlers onto OCaml
PLDI
KC Sivaramakrishnan IIT Madras, Stephen Dolan OCaml Labs, Leo White Jane Street, Tom Kelly OCaml Labs, Sadiq Jaffer Opsian and OCaml Labs, Anil Madhavapeddy OCaml Labs
Link to publication DOI Media Attached
13:55
5m
Talk
Compiler-Assisted Object Inlining with Value Fields
PLDI
Rodrigo Bruno INESC-ID / IST, ULisboa, Vojin Jovanovic Oracle Labs, Christian Wimmer Oracle Labs, Gustavo Alonso ETH Zurich
DOI
14:00
5m
Talk
Concise, Type-Safe, and Efficient Structural Diffing
PLDI
Sebastian Erdweg JGU Mainz, Tamás Szabó JGU Mainz; Workday, André Pacak JGU Mainz
DOI

Sat 26 Jun

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01:30 - 02:05
Talks 6A: Language ImplementationPLDI at PLDI-A
01:30
5m
Talk
Hashing Modulo Alpha-Equivalence
PLDI
Krzysztof Maziarz Microsoft, Tom Ellis Microsoft, Alan Lawrence Microsoft, Andrew Fitzgibbon Microsoft, Simon Peyton Jones Microsoft
DOI
01:35
5m
Talk
An Efficient Interpreter for Datalog by De-specializing Relations
PLDI
Xiaowen Hu University of Sydney, David Zhao University of Sydney, Herbert Jordan Innsbruck University, Bernhard Scholz University of Sydney
DOI
01:40
5m
Talk
Distance-in-Time versus Distance-in-Space
PLDI
Mahmut Taylan Kandemir Pennsylvania State University, Xulong Tang University of Pittsburgh, Hui Zhao University of North Texas, Jihyun Ryoo Pennsylvania State University, Mustafa Karakoy TUBITAK-BILGEM
DOI
01:45
5m
Talk
High Performance Correctly Rounded Math Libraries for 32-bit Floating Point Representations
PLDI
Jay P. Lim Rutgers University, Santosh Nagarakatte Rutgers University
DOI Pre-print
01:50
5m
Talk
Retrofitting Effect Handlers onto OCaml
PLDI
KC Sivaramakrishnan IIT Madras, Stephen Dolan OCaml Labs, Leo White Jane Street, Tom Kelly OCaml Labs, Sadiq Jaffer Opsian and OCaml Labs, Anil Madhavapeddy OCaml Labs
Link to publication DOI Media Attached
01:55
5m
Talk
Compiler-Assisted Object Inlining with Value Fields
PLDI
Rodrigo Bruno INESC-ID / IST, ULisboa, Vojin Jovanovic Oracle Labs, Christian Wimmer Oracle Labs, Gustavo Alonso ETH Zurich
DOI
02:00
5m
Talk
Concise, Type-Safe, and Efficient Structural Diffing
PLDI
Sebastian Erdweg JGU Mainz, Tamás Szabó JGU Mainz; Workday, André Pacak JGU Mainz
DOI