[Haskell-cafe] Re: OT: Literature on translation of lambda calculus to combinators

[Torsten Grust]

Dear all,

Dušan Kolář <kolar <at> fit.vutbr.cz> writes:
> [...] 
>  Could anyone provide a link to some paper/book (electronic version of 
> both preferred, even if not free) that describes an algorithm of 
> translation of untyped lambda calculus expression to a set of 
> combinators? Preferably SKI or BCKW. I'm either feeding google with 
> wrong question or there is no link available now...

13 years ago (ugh...) I've posted a tutorial-style treatment of the 
compilation of Dave Turner's SASL to SKI.  Also addresses reduction 
and simple optimizations of the resulting SKI programs.

http://www-db.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/files/publications/sasl.ps.gz

Cheers,
   —Torsten