diff -r e74c696821a2 -r 5deefcc8cffa progs/app61.scala
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/progs/app61.scala	Tue Sep 20 12:24:29 2016 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+def F_ID(v: Val): Val = v
+def F_RIGHT(f: Val => Val) = (v:Val) => Right(f(v))
+def F_LEFT(f: Val => Val) = (v:Val) => Left(f(v))
+def F_ALT(f1: Val => Val, f2: Val => Val) = (v:Val) => v match {
+  case Right(v) => Right(f2(v))
+  case Left(v) => Left(f1(v))
+}
+def F_SEQ(f1: Val => Val, f2: Val => Val) = (v:Val) => v match {
+  case Seq(v1, v2) => Seq(f1(v1), f2(v2))
+}
+def F_SEQ_Empty1(f1: Val => Val, f2: Val => Val) = 
+  (v:Val) => Seq(f1(Empty), f2(v))
+def F_SEQ_Empty2(f1: Val => Val, f2: Val => Val) = 
+  (v:Val) => Seq(f1(v), f2(Empty))
+def F_ERROR(v: Val): Val = throw new Exception("error")
+
+// simplification of regular expressions returning also a
+// rectification function; no simplification under STAR 
+def simp(r: Rexp): (Rexp, Val => Val) = r match {
+  case ALT(r1, r2) => {
+    val (r1s, f1s) = simp(r1)
+    val (r2s, f2s) = simp(r2)
+    (r1s, r2s) match {
+      case (ZERO, _) => (r2s, F_RIGHT(f2s))
+      case (_, ZERO) => (r1s, F_LEFT(f1s))
+      case _ => if (r1s == r2s) (r1s, F_LEFT(f1s))
+                else (ALT (r1s, r2s), F_ALT(f1s, f2s)) 
+    }
+  }
+  case SEQ(r1, r2) => {
+    val (r1s, f1s) = simp(r1)
+    val (r2s, f2s) = simp(r2)
+    (r1s, r2s) match {
+      case (ZERO, _) => (ZERO, F_ERROR)
+      case (_, ZERO) => (ZERO, F_ERROR)
+      case (ONE, _) => (r2s, F_SEQ_Empty1(f1s, f2s))
+      case (_, ONE) => (r1s, F_SEQ_Empty2(f1s, f2s))
+      case _ => (SEQ(r1s,r2s), F_SEQ(f1s, f2s))
+    }
+  }
+  case r => (r, F_ID)
+}