Understanding Multi-Stage Programming for Code Optimization
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Summary
Multi-stage programming involves generating specialized code tailored to specific situations, eliminating runtime overhead. This article demonstrates the concept based on the ICFP 2025 paper by Tsung-Ju Chiang and Ningning Xie.
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Instead of writing generic code that handles all cases at runtime, you generate specialized, optimized code tailored to specific situations.
This is an interactive demonstration of the ICFP 2025 paper
Multi-Stage Programming with Splice Variables
by Tsung-Ju Chiang and Ningning Xie.
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