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Denotational Semantics
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Author : Joseph E. Stoy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Denotational Semantics written by Joseph E. Stoy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with categories.
The Denotational Description Of Programming Languages
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Author : M.J.C. Gordon
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
The Denotational Description Of Programming Languages written by M.J.C. Gordon and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Computers categories.
This book explains how to formally describe programming languages using the techniques of denotational semantics. The presentation is designed primarily for computer science students rather than for (say) mathematicians. No knowledge of the theory of computation is required, but it would help to have some acquaintance with high level programming languages. The selection of material is based on an undergraduate semantics course taught at Edinburgh University for the last few years. Enough descriptive techniques are covered to handle all of ALGOL 50, PASCAL and other similar languages. Denotational semantics combines a powerful and lucid descriptive notation (due mainly to Strachey) with an elegant and rigorous theory (due to Scott). This book provides an introduction to the descriptive techniques without going into the background mathematics at all. In some ways this is very unsatisfactory; reliable reasoning about semantics (e. g. correctness proofs) cannot be done without knowing the underlying model and so learning semantic notation without its model theory could be argued to be pointless. My own feeling is that there is plenty to be gained from acquiring a purely intuitive understanding of semantic concepts together with manipulative competence in the notation. For these equip one with a powerful conceptua1 framework-a framework enabling one to visualize languages and constructs in an elegant and machine-independent way. Perhaps a good analogy is with calculus: for many practical purposes (e. g. engineering calculations) an intuitive understanding of how to differentiate and integrate is all that is needed.
The Formal Semantics Of Programming Languages
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Author : Glynn Winskel
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1993-02-05
The Formal Semantics Of Programming Languages written by Glynn Winskel and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-02-05 with Computers categories.
The Formal Semantics of Programming Languages provides the basic mathematical techniques necessary for those who are beginning a study of the semantics and logics of programming languages. These techniques will allow students to invent, formalize, and justify rules with which to reason about a variety of programming languages. Although the treatment is elementary, several of the topics covered are drawn from recent research, including the vital area of concurency. The book contains many exercises ranging from simple to miniprojects.Starting with basic set theory, structural operational semantics is introduced as a way to define the meaning of programming languages along with associated proof techniques. Denotational and axiomatic semantics are illustrated on a simple language of while-programs, and fall proofs are given of the equivalence of the operational and denotational semantics and soundness and relative completeness of the axiomatic semantics. A proof of Godel's incompleteness theorem, which emphasizes the impossibility of achieving a fully complete axiomatic semantics, is included. It is supported by an appendix providing an introduction to the theory of computability based on while-programs. Following a presentation of domain theory, the semantics and methods of proof for several functional languages are treated. The simplest language is that of recursion equations with both call-by-value and call-by-name evaluation. This work is extended to lan guages with higher and recursive types, including a treatment of the eager and lazy lambda-calculi. Throughout, the relationship between denotational and operational semantics is stressed, and the proofs of the correspondence between the operation and denotational semantics are provided. The treatment of recursive types - one of the more advanced parts of the book - relies on the use of information systems to represent domains. The book concludes with a chapter on parallel programming languages, accompanied by a discussion of methods for specifying and verifying nondeterministic and parallel programs.
Concrete Semantics
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Author : Tobias Nipkow
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-12-03
Concrete Semantics written by Tobias Nipkow and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-03 with Computers categories.
Part I of this book is a practical introduction to working with the Isabelle proof assistant. It teaches you how to write functional programs and inductive definitions and how to prove properties about them in Isabelle’s structured proof language. Part II is an introduction to the semantics of imperative languages with an emphasis on applications like compilers and program analysers. The distinguishing feature is that all the mathematics has been formalised in Isabelle and much of it is executable. Part I focusses on the details of proofs in Isabelle; Part II can be read even without familiarity with Isabelle’s proof language, all proofs are described in detail but informally. The book teaches the reader the art of precise logical reasoning and the practical use of a proof assistant as a surgical tool for formal proofs about computer science artefacts. In this sense it represents a formal approach to computer science, not just semantics. The Isabelle formalisation, including the proofs and accompanying slides, are freely available online, and the book is suitable for graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, and researchers in theoretical computer science and logic.
Denotational Semantics
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Author : Joseph Stoy
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Release Date : 1977
Denotational Semantics written by Joseph Stoy and has been published by MIT Press (MA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Computers categories.
"First book-length exposition of the denotational (or `mathematical' or `functional') approach to the formal semantics of programming languages (in contrast to `operational' and `axiomatic' approaches). Treats various kinds of languages, beginning with the pure-lambda-calculus and progressing through languages with states, commands, jumps, and assignments. This somewhat discursive account is a valuable compilation of results not otherwise available in a single source." -- American Mathematical Monthly
Denotational Semantics
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Author : David A. Schmidt
language : en
Publisher: WCB/McGraw-Hill
Release Date : 1988
Denotational Semantics written by David A. Schmidt and has been published by WCB/McGraw-Hill this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Formal Models And Semantics
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Author : Bozzano G Luisa
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2014-06-28
Formal Models And Semantics written by Bozzano G Luisa and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-28 with Mathematics categories.
The second part of this Handbook presents a choice of material on the theory of automata and rewriting systems, the foundations of modern programming languages, logics for program specification and verification, and some chapters on the theoretic modelling of advanced information processing.
A Practical Introduction To Denotational Semantics
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Author : Lloyd Allison
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1986
A Practical Introduction To Denotational Semantics written by Lloyd Allison and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Computers categories.
Basics - Notation - Lattices - A simple language - Direct semantics - Control - Data structures and data types - A prolog semantics - Miscellaneous.
Algebraic Approaches To Program Semantics
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Author : Ernest G. Manes
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Algebraic Approaches To Program Semantics written by Ernest G. Manes and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Computers categories.
In the 1930s, mathematical logicians studied the notion of "effective comput ability" using such notions as recursive functions, A-calculus, and Turing machines. The 1940s saw the construction of the first electronic computers, and the next 20 years saw the evolution of higher-level programming languages in which programs could be written in a convenient fashion independent (thanks to compilers and interpreters) of the architecture of any specific machine. The development of such languages led in turn to the general analysis of questions of syntax, structuring strings of symbols which could count as legal programs, and semantics, determining the "meaning" of a program, for example, as the function it computes in transforming input data to output results. An important approach to semantics, pioneered by Floyd, Hoare, and Wirth, is called assertion semantics: given a specification of which assertions (preconditions) on input data should guarantee that the results satisfy desired assertions (postconditions) on output data, one seeks a logical proof that the program satisfies its specification. An alternative approach, pioneered by Scott and Strachey, is called denotational semantics: it offers algebraic techniques for characterizing the denotation of (i. e. , the function computed by) a program-the properties of the program can then be checked by direct comparison of the denotation with the specification. This book is an introduction to denotational semantics. More specifically, we introduce the reader to two approaches to denotational semantics: the order semantics of Scott and Strachey and our own partially additive semantics.
Semantics And Algebraic Specification
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Author : Jens Palsberg
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2009-08-28
Semantics And Algebraic Specification written by Jens Palsberg and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-28 with Computers categories.
proceedings of the symposium. Somecontributorswereunabletoattendthe event.