Index:AIM-443.djvu

Title	Debunking the “Expensive Procedure Call” Myth; or, Procedure Call Implementations Considered Harmful; or, Lambda: The Ultimate GOTO
Author	Guy Lewis Steele, Jr.
Year	1977
Publisher	MIT AI Lab
Source	djvu
Progress	Done—All pages of the work proper are validated
Transclusion	Fully transcluded
Validated in	May 2021

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Abstract

Introduction

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A. Procedure Calls as GOTO Statements

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B. Procedure Calls Can be Fast

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C. Why Procedure Calls Have a Bad Reputation

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D. What Are We Doing About It?

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E. The Expressive Power of Procedure Calls

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F. Procedure Calls and Modularity

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Conclusions

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Acknowledgements

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Notes

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References

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