Programming Languages And Operational Semantics

Author : Maribel Fernández
Publisher : Springer
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 41,7 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 : Glynn Winskel
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,8 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 : Matthew Hennessy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Programming languages (Electronic computers)
ISBN : UCSC:32106009399251

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The Semantics of Programming Languages by Matthew Hennessy Pdf

Arithmetic expressions; A simple functional language; More languages; Computation semantics; Parallelism; Bibliography; Index.

Author : Carl A. Gunter
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,9 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 : Hans Hüttel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781139788595

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Transitions and Trees by Hans Hüttel Pdf

Structural operational semantics is a simple, yet powerful mathematical theory for describing the behaviour of programs in an implementation-independent manner. This book provides a self-contained introduction to structural operational semantics, featuring semantic definitions using big-step and small-step semantics of many standard programming language constructs, including control structures, structured declarations and objects, parameter mechanisms and procedural abstraction, concurrency, nondeterminism and the features of functional programming languages. Along the way, the text introduces and applies the relevant proof techniques, including forms of induction and notions of semantic equivalence (including bisimilarity). Thoroughly class-tested, this book has evolved from lecture notes used by the author over a 10-year period at Aalborg University to teach undergraduate and graduate students. The result is a thorough introduction that makes the subject clear to students and computing professionals without sacrificing its rigour. No experience with any specific programming language is required.

Author : Tobias Nipkow,Gerwin Klein
Publisher : Springer
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319105420

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Concrete Semantics by Tobias Nipkow,Gerwin Klein Pdf

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.

Author : Hanne Riis Nielson,Flemming Nielson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,5 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 : Manfred Droste,Yuri Gurevich
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1993-09-10
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 2881249353

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Semantics of Programming Languages and Model Theory by Manfred Droste,Yuri Gurevich Pdf

Fourteen papers presented at the conference on [title], held at the International Conference and Research Center for Computer Science, Schloss Dagstuhl, June 1991, as well as a few others submitted by colleagues unable to attend, reflect the interplay between algebra, logic, and semantics of programming languages. Among the topics are a formal specification of PARLOG, synthesis of nondeterministic asynchronous automata, observable modules and power domain constructions, the Smyth-completion of a quasi-uniform space, current trends in the semantics of data flow, and a theory of unary pairfunctions. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Gilles Dowek,Jean-Jacques Lévy
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780857290762

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Introduction to the Theory of Programming Languages by Gilles Dowek,Jean-Jacques Lévy Pdf

The design and implementation of programming languages, from Fortran and Cobol to Caml and Java, has been one of the key developments in the management of ever more complex computerized systems. Introduction to the Theory of Programming Languages gives the reader the means to discover the tools to think, design, and implement these languages. It proposes a unified vision of the different formalisms that permit definition of a programming language: small steps operational semantics, big steps operational semantics, and denotational semantics, emphasising that all seek to define a relation between three objects: a program, an input value, and an output value. These formalisms are illustrated by presenting the semantics of some typical features of programming languages: functions, recursivity, assignments, records, objects, ... showing that the study of programming languages does not consist of studying languages one after another, but is organized around the features that are present in these various languages. The study of these features leads to the development of evaluators, interpreters and compilers, and also type inference algorithms, for small languages.

Author : Glynn WINSKELL
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:494830683

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The Formal Semantics of Programming Languages by Glynn WINSKELL Pdf

Author : Benjamin C. Pierce
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 646 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262303828

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Types and Programming Languages by Benjamin C. Pierce Pdf

A comprehensive introduction to type systems and programming languages. A type system is a syntactic method for automatically checking the absence of certain erroneous behaviors by classifying program phrases according to the kinds of values they compute. The study of type systems—and of programming languages from a type-theoretic perspective—has important applications in software engineering, language design, high-performance compilers, and security. This text provides a comprehensive introduction both to type systems in computer science and to the basic theory of programming languages. The approach is pragmatic and operational; each new concept is motivated by programming examples and the more theoretical sections are driven by the needs of implementations. Each chapter is accompanied by numerous exercises and solutions, as well as a running implementation, available via the Web. Dependencies between chapters are explicitly identified, allowing readers to choose a variety of paths through the material. The core topics include the untyped lambda-calculus, simple type systems, type reconstruction, universal and existential polymorphism, subtyping, bounded quantification, recursive types, kinds, and type operators. Extended case studies develop a variety of approaches to modeling the features of object-oriented languages.

Author : Randall Rustin
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Computer programming
ISBN : UCAL:B3773745

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Formal Semantics of Programming Languages by Randall Rustin Pdf

Author : James H. Andrews
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1992-12-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780521432191

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Logic Programming by James H. Andrews Pdf

A homogeneous treatment of the semantics of both theoretical and practical logic programming languages.

Author : Franck van Breughel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461241607

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Comparative Metric Semantics of Programming Languages by Franck van Breughel Pdf

During the last three decades several different styles of semantics for program ming languages have been developed. This book compares two of them: the operational and the denotational approach. On the basis of several exam ples we show how to define operational and denotational semantic models for programming languages. Furthermore, we introduce a general technique for comparing various semantic models for a given language. We focus on different degrees of nondeterminism in programming lan guages. Nondeterminism arises naturally in concurrent languages. It is also an important concept in specification languages. In the examples discussed, the degree of non determinism ranges from a choice between two alternatives to a choice between a collection of alternatives indexed by a closed interval of the real numbers. The former arises in a language with nondeterministic choices. A real time language with dense choices gives rise to the latter. We also consider the nondeterministic random assignment and parallel composition, both couched in a simple language. Besides non determinism our four example languages contain some form of recursion, a key ingredient of programming languages.

Author : Robert Harper
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781107150300

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Practical Foundations for Programming Languages by Robert Harper Pdf

This book unifies a broad range of programming language concepts under the framework of type systems and structural operational semantics.