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The Lambda Papers

110 points by mr_tyzic 14y ago

_sh 14y ago
Previous discussion about the relative merit of these papers versus the relative number of times a link to them floats about: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=599306 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=599306
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- kenko 14y ago
  That's from nearly five years ago and consists of three comments.
brudgers 14y ago
Links to the three unlinked papers: Compiler Optimization Based on Viewing LAMBDA as RENAME + GOTO ftp://publications.ai.mit.edu/ai-publications/pdf/AITR-474.pdf Debunking the "Expensive Procedure Call" Myth, or Procedure Call Implementations Considered Harmful, or LAMBDA, the Ultimate GOTO http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/5753/AIM-443.pdf?sequence=2 http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/5753/AIM-443.p... Design of a Lisp-based Processor http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/5731/AIM-514.pdf http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/5731/AIM-514.p...
- jdale27 14y ago
  Thanks! The main page (http://readscheme.org/ http://readscheme.org/) has a contact address for the maintainer; maybe they'll add those links to the site if you let them know.
  - brudgers 14y ago
    ...or result in a takedown. The links appeared on the first page of Google searches for the title. And the ACM appears pretty committed to monetizing articles in PDF format.
    - lallysingh 14y ago
      Some of the links on the site just link to the ACM page.
    - jdale27 14y ago
      I don't get it. Are you suggesting one can't link to a paper on a completely legit MIT site, because a version of the paper was later published in an ACM publication?
      - brudgers 14y ago
        No. I am stating that the copyright status of the files sitting at the end of my links is unknown. They may be hosted legally with the rights holder's permission. They may be hosted legally under fair use. On the other hand, general access could exceed fair use - e.g. the hosted copy was made for archival purposes of a licensee. Or the hosted file could simply be an illegal copy. While hosting at MIT has some correlation with legitimacy in this particular case, it in no way insures it. Right now, the papers are there for anyone with a web connection. The risk of breaking that far outweighs the benefits of fixing readscheme.
kenko 14y ago
These papers (or those of them that I've read, anyway, mostly the earlier ones) are really fantastic.
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chnhnm 14y ago
SICP now free online too (and has been for quite some time)... http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html

110 points by mr_tyzic 14y ago

_sh 14y ago

Previous discussion about the relative merit of these papers versus the relative number of times a link to them floats about: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=599306 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=599306

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kenko 14y ago
That's from nearly five years ago and consists of three comments.

brudgers 14y ago

Links to the three unlinked papers: Compiler Optimization Based on Viewing LAMBDA as RENAME + GOTO ftp://publications.ai.mit.edu/ai-publications/pdf/AITR-474.pdf Debunking the "Expensive Procedure Call" Myth, or Procedure Call Implementations Considered Harmful, or LAMBDA, the Ultimate GOTO http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/5753/AIM-443.pdf?sequence=2 http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/5753/AIM-443.p... Design of a Lisp-based Processor http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/5731/AIM-514.pdf http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/5731/AIM-514.p...

jdale27 14y ago
Thanks! The main page (http://readscheme.org/ http://readscheme.org/) has a contact address for the maintainer; maybe they'll add those links to the site if you let them know.
- brudgers 14y ago
  ...or result in a takedown. The links appeared on the first page of Google searches for the title. And the ACM appears pretty committed to monetizing articles in PDF format.
  - lallysingh 14y ago
    Some of the links on the site just link to the ACM page.
  - jdale27 14y ago
    I don't get it. Are you suggesting one can't link to a paper on a completely legit MIT site, because a version of the paper was later published in an ACM publication?
    - brudgers 14y ago
      No. I am stating that the copyright status of the files sitting at the end of my links is unknown. They may be hosted legally with the rights holder's permission. They may be hosted legally under fair use. On the other hand, general access could exceed fair use - e.g. the hosted copy was made for archival purposes of a licensee. Or the hosted file could simply be an illegal copy. While hosting at MIT has some correlation with legitimacy in this particular case, it in no way insures it. Right now, the papers are there for anyone with a web connection. The risk of breaking that far outweighs the benefits of fixing readscheme.

kenko 14y ago

These papers (or those of them that I've read, anyway, mostly the earlier ones) are really fantastic.

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chnhnm 14y ago

SICP now free online too (and has been for quite some time)... http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book.html