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A duality between exceptions and states

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2012

JEAN-GUILLAUME DUMAS ,
DOMINIQUE DUVAL ,
LAURENT FOUSSE  and
JEAN-CLAUDE REYNAUD
JEAN-GUILLAUME DUMAS
Affiliation:
LJK, Université de Grenoble, France Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
DOMINIQUE DUVAL
Affiliation:
LJK, Université de Grenoble, France Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
LAURENT FOUSSE
Affiliation:
LJK, Université de Grenoble, France Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
JEAN-CLAUDE REYNAUD
Affiliation:
Malhivert, Claix, France Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

In this short note we study the semantics of two basic computational effects, exceptions and states, from a new point of view. In the handling of exceptions we dissociate the control from the elementary operation that recovers from the exception. In this way it becomes apparent that there is a duality, in the categorical sense, between exceptions and states.

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Mathematical Structures in Computer Science , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , August 2012 , pp. 719 - 722
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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