A linear-non-linear model for a computational call-by-value lambda
calculus (extended abstract)
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Peter Selinger Dalhousie University,
2008
Abstract
We give a categorical semantics for a call-by-value linear lambda calculus.
Such a lambda calculus was used by Selinger and Valiron as the backbone of a
functional programming language for quantum computation. One feature of this
lambda calculus is its linear type system, which includes a duplicability
operator "!" as in linear logic. Another main feature is its call-by-value
reduction strategy, together with a side-effect to model probabilistic
measurements. The "!" operator gives rise to a comonad, as in the linear logic
models of Seely, Bierman, and Benton. The side-effects give rise to a monad, as
in Moggi's computational lambda calculus. It is this combination of a monad and
a comonad that makes the present paper interesting. We show that our
categorical semantics is sound and complete.
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