JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 11(7): 1135-1158, doi: 10.3217/jucs-011-07-1135
Hardware Design and Functional Programming: a Perfect Match
expand article infoMary Sheeran‡
‡ Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Corresponding author: Mary Sheeran ( ms@cs.chalmers.se )

© Mary Sheeran.
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Citation: Sheeran M (2005) Hardware Design and Functional Programming: a Perfect Match. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 11(7): 1135-1158. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-011-07-1135
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Abstract
This paper aims to explain why I am still fascinated by the use of functional languages in hardware design. I hope that some readers will be tempted to tackle some of the hard problems that I outline in the final section. In particular, I believe that programming language researchers have much to contribute to the field of hardware design.
Keywords
functional programming, hardware description languages, arithmetic and logic structures, circuit generation