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We show how expressions written in a functional programming language can be robustly evaluated on a modular asynchronous spatial computer by compiling them into a distributed virtual machine comprised of reified bytecodes undergoing diffusion and communicating via messages containing encapsulated virtual machine states. Because the semantics of the source language are purely functional, multiple instances of each reified bytecode and multiple execution threads can coexist without inconsistency in the same distributed heap.
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Williams, L.R. (2012). Robust Evaluation of Expressions by Distributed Virtual Machines. In: Durand-Lose, J., Jonoska, N. (eds) Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation. UCNC 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7445. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32894-7_21
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