Getting There and Back Again

@article{Danvy2022GettingTA,
  title={Getting There and Back Again},
  author={Olivier Danvy},
  journal={Fundam. Informaticae},
  year={2022},
  volume={185},
  pages={115-183}
}
  • O. Danvy
  • Published 28 February 2022
  • Computer Science
  • Fundam. Informaticae
“There and Back Again” (TABA) is a programming pattern where the recursive calls traverse one data structure and the subsequent returns traverse another. This article presents new TABA examples, refines existing ones, and formalizes both their control flow and their data flow using the Coq Proof Assistant. Each formalization mechanizes a pen-and-paper proof, thus making it easier to “get” TABA. In addition, this article identifies and illustrates a tail-recursive variant of TABA, There and… 
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