# Melange: creating a "functional" internet *2007-06-01 — note* Won best student paper for my PhD work on a high-performance functional packet parsing DSL at Eurosys 2007! The Melange work combined strong static typing with generative meta-programming to create MPL, a domain-specific language for describing Internet packet protocols. Our approach generated fast, zero-copy code that outperformed C implementations - we built fully-featured SSH and DNS servers that showed greater throughput and lower latency than OpenSSH and BIND. The work demonstrated that type-safe languages could eliminate the performance penalty typically associated with memory safety, opening the door to more secure protocol implementations. Synopsis: Won best student paper award at Eurosys 2007 for PhD work on high-performance functional packet parsing DSL. Words: 92 ## Related - [Melange: creating a "functional" internet](https://anil.recoil.org/papers/2007-eurosys-melange) (paper, 2007-06-01) --- Canonical: https://anil.recoil.org/notes/2007-eurosys-melange-1 Type: note License: CC BY 4.0 Tags: networking, fp, dsl, systems, parsing