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macros.tex
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macros.tex
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% UNIX example
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\newcommand{\OSname}[0]{Tiny UNIX}
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\newcommand{\Uexit}{\dec{exit}}
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\newcommand{\exit}{\dec{exit}}
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\newcommand{\Exit}{\dec{Exit}}
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\newcommand{\Status}{\dec{Status}}
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\newcommand{\status}{\dec{status}}
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\newcommand{\basicIO}{\dec{basicIO}}
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\newcommand{\Putc}{\dec{Putc}}
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\newcommand{\putc}{\dec{putc}}
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\newcommand{\fwrite}{\dec{fwrite}}
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\newcommand{\iter}{\dec{iter}}
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\newcommand{\stdout}{\dec{stdout}}
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\newcommand{\IO}{\dec{IO}}
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\newcommand{\IO}{\dec{IO}}
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\newcommand{\Alice}{\dec{Alice}}
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\newcommand{\Bob}{\dec{Bob}}
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\newcommand{\Root}{\dec{Root}}
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\newcommand{\User}{\dec{User}}
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\newcommand{\environment}{\dec{env}}
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\newcommand{\EnvE}{\dec{Session}}
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\newcommand{\Ask}{\dec{Ask}}
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\newcommand{\whoami}{\dec{whoami}}
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\newcommand{\Su}{\dec{Su}}
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\newcommand{\su}{\dec{su}}
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\newcommand{\sessionmgr}{\dec{sessionmgr}}
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thesis.bib
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thesis.bib
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publisher = {Pearson Education}
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}
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# GNU coreutils
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@book{MacKenzieMPPBYS20,
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author = {David MacKenzie
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and Jim Meyering
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and Ross Paterson
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and François Pinard
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and Karl Berry
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and Brian Youmans
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and Richard Stallman},
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title = {{GNU} {Coreutils}},
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note = {For version 8.32},
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month = feb,
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year = 2020,
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publisher = {Free Software Foundation},
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address = {Boston, MA, USA}
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}
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thesis.tex
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thesis.tex
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This reading was suggested to me by James McKinna (personal
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communication). In this section I will take this reading literally,
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and demonstrate how we can use the power of (deep) effect handlers to
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implement a small operating system that supports multiple users,
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implement a tiny operating system that supports multiple users,
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time-sharing, and file i/o.
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%
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The operating system will be a variation of UNIX~\cite{RitchieT74},
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\subsection{Exceptions: non-local exits}
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\label{sec:tiny-unix-exit}
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\subsection{Dynamic binding: the environment}
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\[
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\Status \defas \{\Exit : \Int \opto \Zero\}
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\]
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\[
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\bl
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\exit : \Int \to \alpha \eff \Status\\
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\exit~n \defas \Absurd\;(\Do\;\Exit~n)
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\el
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\]
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\[
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\bl
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\status : (\UnitType \to \alpha \eff \Status) \to \Int\\
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\status~m \defas
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\ba[t]{@{~}l}
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\Handle\;m\,\Unit\;\With\\
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~\ba{@{~}l@{~}c@{~}l}
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\Return\;\_ &\mapsto& 0\\
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\Exit~n~\_ &\mapsto& n
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\ea
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\ea
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\el
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\]
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\[
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\ba{@{~}l@{~}l}
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&\bl
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\basicIO\,(\lambda\Unit.
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\status\,(\lambda\Unit.
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\fwrite\,\Record{\stdout;\texttt{"dead"}};\exit~1;\fwrite\,\Record{\stdout;\texttt{"code"}}))
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\el\\
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\reducesto^+& \Record{1;\texttt{"dead"}} : \Record{\Int;\UFile}
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\ea
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\]
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\subsection{Dynamic binding: user-specific environments}
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\label{sec:tiny-unix-env}
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In UNIX an environment maps keys to string-values. A key-value pair is
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referred to as an \emph{environment variable}. Each user gets their
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own environment with their own set of environment variables. Some
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environment variable names are common to all environments, but their
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valuation may depend on the particular user session. For example, the
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environment variable \texttt{USER} is bound to the (string) name of
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the user; the result of querying the environment for the value of
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\texttt{USER} depends on which user session it is executed under.
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%
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\dhil{The value of an environment variable may also change during execution.}
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An environment variable is an instance of dynamic binding. The idea of
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dynamic binding as a programming notion dates back as far as the
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original implementation of Lisp~\cite{McCarthy60}.
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%
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We will use dynamic binding to implement user-specific environments.
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For simplicity we will fix the users to be root, Alice, and Bob.
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%
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\[
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\User \defas [\Alice;\Bob;\Root]
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\]
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Our environment will only support a single environment variable
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intended to store the name of the current user. The value of this
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variable can be accessed via an operation $\Ask : \UnitType \opto \String$.
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%
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% \[
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% \EnvE \defas \{\Ask : \UnitType \opto \String\}
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% \]
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%
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Using this operation we can readily implement the \emph{whoami}
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utility from the GNU coreutils~\cite[Section~20.3]{MacKenzieMPPBYS20},
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which returns the name of the current user.
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%
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\[
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\bl
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\whoami : \UnitType \to \String \eff \{\Ask : \UnitType \opto \String\}\\
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\whoami~\Unit \defas \Do\;\Ask~\Unit
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\el
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\]
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%
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The following handler implements the environment.
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%
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\[
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\bl
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\environment : \Record{\User;\UnitType \to \alpha \eff \{\Ask : \UnitType \opto \String\}} \to \alpha\\
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\environment~\Record{user;m} \defas
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\ba[t]{@{~}l}
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\Handle\;m\,\Unit\;\With\\
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~\ba{@{~}l@{~}c@{~}l}
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\Return\;res &\mapsto& res\\
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\Ask~\Unit~resume &\mapsto&
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\bl
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\Case\;user\,\{
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\ba[t]{@{}l@{~}c@{~}l}
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\Alice &\mapsto& resume~\texttt{"alice"}\\
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\Bob &\mapsto& resume~\texttt{"bob"}\\
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\Root &\mapsto& resume~\texttt{"root"}\}
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\ea
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\el
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\ea
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\ea
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\el
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\]
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%
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The handler takes as input the current $user$ and a computation that
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may perform the $\Ask$ operation. When an invocation of $\Ask$ occurs
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the handler pattern matches on the $user$ parameter and resumes with a
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string representation of the user. With this implementation we can
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interpret an application of $\whoami$.
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%
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\[
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\environment~\Record{\Root;\whoami} \reducesto^+ \texttt{"root"} : \String
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\]
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%
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It is not difficult to extend this basic environment model to support
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an arbitrary number of variables. This can be done by parameterising
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the $\Ask$ operation by some name representation (e.g. a string),
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which the environment handler can use to index into a list of string
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values. In case the name is unbound the environment handler can
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embrace UNIX's laissez-faire attitude and resume with the empty
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string.
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\paragraph{Session management}
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%
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\[
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\EnvE \defas \{\Ask : \UnitType \opto \String;\Su : \User \opto \UnitType\}
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\]
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\[
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\bl
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\su : \User \to \UnitType \eff \{\Su : \User \opto \UnitType\}\\
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\su~user \defas \Do\;\Su~user
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\el
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\]
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\[
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\bl
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\sessionmgr : \Record{\User; \UnitType \to \alpha \eff \EnvE} \to \alpha\\
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\sessionmgr~\Record{user;m} \defas
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\environment\,\langle{}user;(\lambda\Unit.
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\ba[t]{@{}l}
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\Handle\;m\,\Unit\;\With\\
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~\ba{@{~}l@{~}c@{~}l}
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\Return\;res &\mapsto& res\\
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\Su~user'~resume &\mapsto& \environment\,\Record{user';resume})\rangle
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\ea
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\ea
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\el
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\]
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\[
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\ba{@{~}l@{~}l}
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&\bl
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\basicIO\,(\lambda\Unit.\\
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\qquad\sessionmgr\,\Record{\Root;\lambda\Unit.\\
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\qquad\qquad\status\,(\lambda\Unit.
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\ba[t]{@{}l@{~}l}
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\su~\Alice;&\fwrite\,\Record{\stdout;\whoami\,\Unit};~\fwrite\,\Record{\stdout;\texttt{" "}};\\
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\su~\Bob;&\fwrite\,\Record{\stdout;\whoami\,\Unit};~\fwrite\,\Record{\stdout;\texttt{" "}};\\
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\su~\Root;&\fwrite\,\Record{\stdout;\whoami\,\Unit})})
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\ea
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\el \smallskip\\
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\reducesto^+& \Record{0;\texttt{"alice bob root"}} : \Record{\Int;\UFile}
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\ea
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\]
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\subsection{Nondeterminism: time sharing}
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\label{sec:tiny-unix-time}
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