Call-by-push-value is a programming language paradigm that, surprisingly, breaks down the call-by-value and call-by-name paradigms into simple primitives. This monograph, written for graduate students and researchers, exposes the call-by-push-value structure underlying a remarkable range of semantics, including operational semantics, domains, possible worlds, continuations and games.

List of Figures. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. I.1. Computational Effects. I.2. Reconciling CBN and CBV. I.3. the Case for Call-By-Push-Value. I.4. Conventions. I.5. A CBPV Primer. I.6. Structure of Thesis. Part I: Language. 1. Call-By-Value and Call-By-Name. 2. Call-By-Push-Value: A Subsuming Paradigm. 3. Complex Values and Equational Theory. 4. Recursion and Infinitely Deep CBPV. Part II: Concrete Semantics. 5. Simple Models of CBPV. 6. Possible World Model for Cell Generation. 7. Jump-with-Argument. 8. Pointer Games. Part III: Categorical Semantics. 9. Semantics in Element Style. 10. All Models are Categorical Models. 11. Representing Objects. Part IV: Conclusions. 12. Conclusions, Comparisons and Further Work. Appendices: A: Technical Treatment of CBV and CBN. B: Models in the Style of Power-Robinson.