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Ian C. Westmacott:Home Page
Ian
C.
Westmacott
I am a graduate student in the computer science
department at Boston University. My
research interests are in language development and type theory.
In addition, I work as a technical editor and columnist for
Computer Publishing Group.
Recent Academic Work
- The Church Project.
The incremental design and implementation of a typed functional
language, based on intersection types. I am currently working on static
memory management and lifetime-based optimizations in the compiler back-end.
- A
-Calculus
Interpreter in Standard ML At the moment I am working on adding
various typing systems to the interpreter, and investigating various
parallelizing graph reduction strategies in the reduction engine.
Family Album
Paula (in
NH)
Devin
Our son was born on June 30, 1994, weighing in at 8 pounds 8 ounces.
The name Devin is Gaelic, and means ``poet''. It should not be confused with
the alternatives Devon or Devyn. Oddly enough, Devin was
christened
with a little girl named Devyn.
How to reach me
Ian C. Westmacott (ianw@bu.edu) Last updated
on May 13, 1996.