From Semantics To Computer Science

Author : Gilles Kahn,Yves Bertot
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780521518253

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From Semantics to Computer Science by Gilles Kahn,Yves Bertot Pdf

Gilles Kahn was one of the most influential figures in the development of computer science and information technology, not only in Europe but throughout the world. This volume of articles by several leading computer scientists serves as a fitting memorial to Kahn's achievements and reflects the broad range of subjects to which he contributed through his scientific research and his work at INRIA, the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control. The authors also reflect upon the future of computing: how it will develop as a subject in itself and how it will affect other disciplines, from biology and medical informatics, to web and networks in general. Its breadth of coverage, topicality, originality and depth of contribution, make this book a stimulating read for all those interested in the future development of information technology.

Author : Hanne Riis Nielson,Flemming Nielson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781846286926

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Semantics with Applications: An Appetizer by Hanne Riis Nielson,Flemming Nielson Pdf

Semantics will play an important role in the future development of software systems and domain-specific languages. This book provides a needed introductory presentation of the fundamental ideas behind these approaches, stresses their relationship by formulating and proving the relevant theorems, and illustrates the applications of semantics in computer science. Historically important application areas are presented together with some exciting potential applications. The text investigates the relationship between various methods and describes some of the main ideas used, illustrating these by means of interesting applications. The book provides a rigorous introduction to the main approaches to formal semantics of programming languages.

Author : Carl A. Gunter
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Programming languages (Electronic computers)
ISBN : 0262570955

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Semantics of Programming Languages by Carl A. Gunter Pdf

Semantics of Programming Languages exposes the basic motivations and philosophy underlying the applications of semantic techniques in computer science. It introduces the mathematical theory of programming languages with an emphasis on higher-order functions and type systems. Designed as a text for upper-level and graduate-level students, the mathematically sophisticated approach will also prove useful to professionals who want an easily referenced description of fundamental results and calculi. Basic connections between computational behavior, denotational semantics, and the equational logic of functional programs are thoroughly and rigorously developed. Topics covered include models of types, operational semantics, category theory, domain theory, fixed point (denotational). semantics, full abstraction and other semantic correspondence criteria, types and evaluation, type checking and inference, parametric polymorphism, and subtyping. All topics are treated clearly and in depth, with complete proofs for the major results and numerous exercises.

Author : Mikael Pettersson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005-11-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540488231

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Compiling Natural Semantics by Mikael Pettersson Pdf

Natural Semantics has become a popular tool among programming language researchers for specifying many aspects of programming languages. However, due to the lack of practical tools for implementation, the natural semantics formalism has so far largely been limited to theoretical applications. This book introduces the rational meta-language RML as a practical language for natural semantics specifications. The main part of the work is devoted to the problem of compiling natural semantics, actually RML, into highly efficient code. For this purpose, an effective compilation strategy for RML is developed and implemented in the rml2c compiler. This compiler ultimately produces low-level C code. Benchmarking results show that rml2c-produced code is much faster than code resulting from compilers based on alternative implementation approaches.

Author : R. D. Tennent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0138056072

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Semantics of Programming Languages by R. D. Tennent Pdf

Author : David Anthony Watt,Muffy Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015022047651

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Programming Language Syntax and Semantics by David Anthony Watt,Muffy Thomas Pdf

Contains a treatment of syntax and semantics, and coverage of several complementary semantic methods, with emphasis on using formal specification. There is brief coverage of underlying theory, and an introduction to action semantics - a new method of specifying semantics.

Author : Maribel Fernández
Publisher : Springer
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781447163688

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Programming Languages and Operational Semantics by Maribel Fernández Pdf

This book provides an introduction to the essential concepts in programming languages, using operational semantics techniques. It presents alternative programming language paradigms and gives an in-depth analysis of the most significant constructs in modern imperative, functional and logic programming languages. The book is designed to accompany lectures on programming language design for undergraduate students. Each chapter includes exercises which provide the opportunity to apply the concepts and techniques presented.

Author : Randall Rustin
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Computer programming
ISBN : UCAL:B3773745

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Formal Semantics of Programming Languages by Randall Rustin Pdf

Author : Carl A. Gunter,John C. Mitchell
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Computers
ISBN : 026207155X

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Theoretical Aspects of Object-oriented Programming by Carl A. Gunter,John C. Mitchell Pdf

Although the theory of object-oriented programming languages is far from complete, this book brings together the most important contributions to its development to date, focusing in particular on how advances in type systems and semantic models can contribute to new language designs.The fifteen chapters are divided into five parts: Objects and Subtypes, Type Inference, Coherence, Record Calculi, and Inheritance. The chapters are organized approximately in order of increasing complexity of the programming language constructs they consider - beginning with variations on Pascal- and Algol-like languages, developing the theory of illustrative record object models, and concluding with research directions for building a more comprehensive theory of object-oriented programming languages.Part I discusses the similarities and differences between "objects" and algebraic-style abstract data types, and the fundamental concept of a subtype. Parts II-IV are concerned with the "record model" of object-oriented languages. Specifically, these chapters discuss static and dynamic semantics of languages with simple object models that include a type or class hierarchy but do not explicitly provide what is often called dynamic binding. Part V considers extensions and modifications to record object models, moving closer to the full complexity of practical object-oriented languages.Carl A. Gunter is Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania. John C. Mitchell is Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University.

Author : Glynn Winskel
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1993-02-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262731037

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The Formal Semantics of Programming Languages by Glynn Winskel Pdf

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.

Author : Ernest G. Manes,Michael A. Arbib
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461249627

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Algebraic Approaches to Program Semantics by Ernest G. Manes,Michael A. Arbib Pdf

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.

Author : Pascal Hitzler,Anthony Seda
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781000218725

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Mathematical Aspects of Logic Programming Semantics by Pascal Hitzler,Anthony Seda Pdf

Covering the authors' own state-of-the-art research results, this book presents a rigorous, modern account of the mathematical methods and tools required for the semantic analysis of logic programs. It significantly extends the tools and methods from traditional order theory to include nonconventional methods from mathematical analysis that depend on topology, domain theory, generalized distance functions, and associated fixed-point theory. The authors closely examine the interrelationships between various semantics as well as the integration of logic programming and connectionist systems/neural networks.

Author : Edsger W. Dijkstra,Carel S. Scholten
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461232285

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Predicate Calculus and Program Semantics by Edsger W. Dijkstra,Carel S. Scholten Pdf

This booklet presents a reasonably self-contained theory of predicate trans former semantics. Predicate transformers were introduced by one of us (EWD) as a means for defining programming language semantics in a way that would directly support the systematic development of programs from their formal specifications. They met their original goal, but as time went on and program derivation became a more and more formal activity, their informal introduction and the fact that many of their properties had never been proved became more and more unsatisfactory. And so did the original exclusion of unbounded nondeterminacy. In 1982 we started to remedy these shortcomings. This little monograph is a result of that work. A possible -and even likely- criticism is that anyone sufficiently versed in lattice theory can easily derive all of our results himself. That criticism would be correct but somewhat beside the point. The first remark is that the average book on lattice theory is several times fatter (and probably less self contained) than this booklet. The second remark is that the predicate transformer semantics provided only one of the reasons for going through the pains of publication.

Author : Yves Bertot,Gerard Huet,Jean-Jacques Levy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:741249818

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From Semantics to Computer Science by Yves Bertot,Gerard Huet,Jean-Jacques Levy Pdf

Gilles Kahn was one of the most influential figures in the development of computer science and information technology, not only in Europe but throughout the world. This volume of articles by several leading computer scientists serves as a fitting memorial to Kahn'Äôs achievements and reflects the broad range of subjects to which he contributed through his scientific research and his work at INRIA, the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control. The authors also reflect upon the future of computing: how it will develop as a subject in itself and how it will affect other disciplines, from biology and medical informatics, to web and networks in general. Its breadth of coverage, topicality, originality and depth of contribution, make this book a stimulating read for all those interested in the future development of information technology.

Author : Jan van Eijck,Christina Unger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139490900

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Computational Semantics with Functional Programming by Jan van Eijck,Christina Unger Pdf

Computational semantics is the art and science of computing meaning in natural language. The meaning of a sentence is derived from the meanings of the individual words in it, and this process can be made so precise that it can be implemented on a computer. Designed for students of linguistics, computer science, logic and philosophy, this comprehensive text shows how to compute meaning using the functional programming language Haskell. It deals with both denotational meaning (where meaning comes from knowing the conditions of truth in situations), and operational meaning (where meaning is an instruction for performing cognitive action). Including a discussion of recent developments in logic, it will be invaluable to linguistics students wanting to apply logic to their studies, logic students wishing to learn how their subject can be applied to linguistics, and functional programmers interested in natural language processing as a new application area.