A Semantic Framework to Debug Parallel Lazy Functional Languages

It is not easy to debug lazy functional programs. The reason is that laziness and higher-order complicates basic debugging strategies. Although there exist several debuggers for sequential lazy languages, dealing with parallel languages is much harder. In this case, it is important to implement debu...

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Published in:Mathematics (Basel) 2020-06, Vol.8 (6), p.864
Main Authors: de la Encina, Alberto, Hidalgo-Herrero, Mercedes, Llana, Luis, Rubio, Fernando
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
debugging
functional programming
parallel programming
semantics
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Summary:It is not easy to debug lazy functional programs. The reason is that laziness and higher-order complicates basic debugging strategies. Although there exist several debuggers for sequential lazy languages, dealing with parallel languages is much harder. In this case, it is important to implement debugging platforms for parallel extensions, but it is also important to provide theoretical foundations to simplify the task of understanding the debugging process. In this work, we deal with the debugging process in two parallel languages that extend the lazy language Haskell. In particular, we provide an operational semantics that allows us to reason about our parallel extension of the sequential debugger Hood. In addition, we show how we can use it to analyze the amount of speculative work done by the processes, so that it can be used to optimize their use of resources.
ISSN:2227-7390
2227-7390
DOI:10.3390/math8060864