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3 \section{The state of play}
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7 \ToDo{This section will describe the state of play: where
8 functional-language compilers are; compared to their imperative
11 %The burden of proof remains with us functional programmers. We
12 %encourage you to help solve this problem by contributing compiler
13 %passes that optimise real programs written in a standard non-toy
14 %language effectively.