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by cgrand-net 2774 days ago
A Theory of Changes for Higher-Order Languages - Incrementalizing λ-Calculi by Static Differentiation

> [...] We present a program transformation taking programs to their derivatives, which is fully static and automatic, supports first-class functions, and produces derivatives amenable to standard optimization.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.0658