An Implementation Model for Interaction Nets

TL;DR

This paper introduces a comprehensive framework combining a calculus, data-structure, and low-level language to facilitate the implementation, reasoning, and optimization of interaction net systems.

Contribution

It presents a novel implementation model that integrates formal reasoning and practical tools for interaction nets, enabling improved analysis and optimization.

Findings

Provides a formal calculus for interaction nets

Develops a concrete data-structure aligned with the calculus

Creates a low-level language for manipulation and compilation

Abstract

To study implementations and optimisations of interaction net systems we propose a calculus to allow us to reason about nets, a concrete data-structure that is in close correspondence with the calculus, and a low-level language to create and manipulate this data structure. These work together so that we can describe the compilation process for interaction nets, reason about the behaviours of the implementation, and study the efficiency and properties.