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fortunate to have been supervised by him. fortunate to have been supervised by him.
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Secondly, I want to extend my gratitude to John Longley, who has Secondly, I want to extend my gratitude to John Longley, who has
been an excellent second supervisor and who has stimulated my been an excellent second supervisor and has always shown enthusiasm
mathematical curiosity. about my work.
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Thirdly, I want to thank my academic brother Simon Fowler. You have Thirdly, I want to thank my academic brother Simon Fowler, who has
always been a good friend and a pillar of inspiration. Regardless of always been a good friend and a pillar of inspiration. Regardless of
academic triumphs and failures, we have always been able to laugh at academic triumphs and failures, we have always been able to laugh at
it all and have our own fun. it all and have our own fun.
I also want to thank KC Sivaramakrishnan for taking a genuine I also want to thank KC Sivaramakrishnan for taking a genuine
interest in my research early on and for inviting me to come spend interest in my research early on and for inviting me to come spend
some time at OCaml Labs in Cambridge, where I met Anil Madhavapeddy, some time at OCaml Labs in Cambridge. My initial visit to Cambridge
Stephen Dolan, and Leo White. I have learned so much from each of sparked the beginning of a long-standing and productive
them and I have been fortunate to enjoy productive and long-standing collaboration. Also, thanks to Gemma Gordon, who I had the pleasure
collaboration with them. Also, thanks to Gemma Gordon, who I had the of sharing an office with during one of my stints at OCaml Labs.
pleasure of sharing an office with during one of my stints at OCaml
Labs.
I am very grateful for the fruitful and long-standing collaboration I have been fortunate to work with Robert Atkey, who has been a
with Robert Atkey that I have been fortunate to enjoy. Robert has continuous source of inspiration and interesting research ideas. Our
been a continuous source of inspiration. work is clearly reflected in this dissertation.
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Thanks to James McKinna for always asking intellectually I also want to thank my other collaborators: Andreas Rossberg, Anil
interesting, and at times challenging, questions. I have appreciate Madhavapeddy, Leo White, and Stephen Dolan, Jeremy Yallop.
our many conversations even though I spent days, weeks, sometimes
months, and in some instances years to think about answers to your
questions. On the topic of intellectually stimulating conversations,
I also want to thank Gordon Plotkin for our intriguing impromptu
conversations in the level 4 and 5 pantries of Informatics
Forum. Thanks to Brian Campbell and J. Garrett Morris for putting up
with the supervision meetings that I had with Sam in their shared
office 5.28.
Speaking of offices, I also want to thank my peers from my own I have had the absolute pleasure of working in LFCS at the same time
office 5.21 for stimulating my general interest in computer science as James McKinna. James has always taken a genuine interest in my
and mathematics beyond programming languages. Also, thanks to my CDT work and challenged me with intellectually stimulating questions. I
cohort, I want to particularly emphasise my gratitude towards Amna have appreciate our many conversations even though I spent days,
Shahab, who has been a truly valuable friend. weeks, sometimes months, and in some instances years to come up with
adequate answers. I also want to thank other former and present
members of LFCS and other institutes within Informatics: Brian
Campbell, Christophe Dubach, James Cheney, J. Garrett Morris, Gordon
Plotkin, and Michel Steuwer.
My time as a student in Informatics Forum was an exceedingly
enjoyable experience in large part thanks to my student peers and
friends: Amna Shahab, Chris Vasiladiotis, Dan Mills, Emanuel
Martinov, Floyd Chitalu, Larisa Stoltzfus, Jakub Zalewski, Maria
Gorinova, Rajkarn Singh, Philip Ginsbach, Paul Piho, Stan Manilov,
Vanya Yaneva-Cormack,
Thanks to Ohad Kammar for being a good friend, taking a genuine Thanks to Ohad Kammar for being a good friend, taking a genuine
interest in my work, making it fun to attend virtual conferences, interest in my work, making it fun to attend virtual conferences,
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dissertation whilst being employed on the UKRI Future Leaders dissertation whilst being employed on the UKRI Future Leaders
Fellowship ``Effect Handler Oriented Programming'' (reference number Fellowship ``Effect Handler Oriented Programming'' (reference number
MR/T043830/1). MR/T043830/1).
List of people to thank
\begin{itemize}
\item Andreas Rossberg
\item Jeremy Yallop
\item Paul Piho
\item Larisa Stoltzfus
\end{itemize}
\end{acknowledgements} \end{acknowledgements}
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