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Graph reduction machine

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Some special-purpose computers have been built to perform combinator calculations by graph reduction.

Examples include the SKIM ("S-K-I machine") computer, built at Cambridge University, and the multiprocessor GRIP ("Graph Reduction In Parallel") computer, built at UCL.

References:

  • T. J. W. Clarke, P. Gladstone, C. MacLean, A. C. Norman: SKIM - The S, K, I Reduction Machine. LISP Conference 1980: 128-135