Treffer: A Linear Logic Programming Language for Concurrent Programming over Graph Structures

Title:
A Linear Logic Programming Language for Concurrent Programming over Graph Structures
Authors:
Cruz, Flavio, Rocha, Ricardo, Goldstein, Seth Copen, Pfenning, Frank
Source:
Theory and Practice of Logic Programming 14 (2014) 493-507
Publication Year:
2014
Collection:
Computer Science
Subject Terms:
Computer Science - Programming Languages
Document Type:
Report Working Paper
DOI:
10.1017/S1471068414000167
Access URL:
http://arxiv.org/abs/1405.3556
Accession Number:
edsarx.1405.3556
Database:
arXiv

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We have designed a new logic programming language called LM (Linear Meld) for programming graph-based algorithms in a declarative fashion. Our language is based on linear logic, an expressive logical system where logical facts can be consumed. Because LM integrates both classical and linear logic, LM tends to be more expressive than other logic programming languages. LM programs are naturally concurrent because facts are partitioned by nodes of a graph data structure. Computation is performed at the node level while communication happens between connected nodes. In this paper, we present the syntax and operational semantics of our language and illustrate its use through a number of examples.
Comment: ICLP 2014, TPLP 2014