X-Git-Url: https://git.stderr.nl/gitweb?p=matthijs%2Fmaster-project%2Freport.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=Chapters%2FConclusions.tex;fp=Chapters%2FConclusions.tex;h=fff4b3d7f4dae2d493b13997b508b58cc245ce19;hp=0b378996293bedeafed9d3d2f982b6f175bbef34;hb=747c2ba3d485fb5c3543e9435fbd3dff59ddb3f8;hpb=2c28bdc6ca8e883697d9640166bf17fb8a329cec diff --git a/Chapters/Conclusions.tex b/Chapters/Conclusions.tex index 0b37899..fff4b3d 100644 --- a/Chapters/Conclusions.tex +++ b/Chapters/Conclusions.tex @@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ component instantiation and the various choice mechanisms (pattern matching, case expressions, if expressions) are well suited to describe conditional assigment in the hardware. -Useful features from the functional perspective, like polymorphism and higher -order functions and expressions also prove suitable to describe hardware -and our implementation shows that they can be translated to \VHDL as -well. +Useful features from the functional perspective, like polymorphism and +higher-order functions and expressions also prove suitable to describe +hardware and our implementation shows that they can be translated to +\VHDL as well. A prototype compiler was created in this research. For this prototype the Haskell language was chosen as the input language, instead of creating a new language from scratch. This has enabled creating the prototype rapidly, allowing for experimenting with various functional language features and interpretations in Cλash. Even supporting more complex features like -polymorphism and higher order values has been possible. If a new language and +polymorphism and higher-order values has been possible. If a new language and compiler would have been designed from scratch, that new language would not have been nearly as advanced as current Cλash. @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ that this scope is too narrow for practical use of Cλash. Most people that hear about using a functional language for hardware description instantly hope to be able to provide a concise mathematical description of their algorithm and have the hardware generated for them. Since this -is obviously a different problem alltogether, we could not have hoped to +is obviously a different problem altogether, we could not have hoped to even start solving it. However, hopefully the current Cλash system provides a solid base on top of which further experimentation with functional descriptions can be built.