Action Semantics - Brossura

Mosses, Peter D.

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ISBN 10: 0521619335 ISBN 13: 9780521619332

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

Action Semantics is a novel approach to the formal description of programming languages. Its abstractness is at an intermediate level, between that of denotational and operational semantics. Action Semantics has considerable pragmatic advantages over all previous approaches, in its comprehensibility and accessibility, and especially in the usefulness of its semantic descriptions of realistic programming languages. In this volume, Dr Peter Mosses gives a thorough introduction to action semantics, and provides substantial illustrations of its use. Graduates of computer science or maths who have an interest in the semantics of programming languages will find Action Semantics a most helpful book.

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Action Semantics is a novel approach to the formal description of programming languages. Its abstractness is at an intermediate level, between that of denotational and operational semantics. Action Semantics has considerable pragmatic advantages over all previous approaches, especially regarding modularity of descriptions. In this volume, Dr Peter Mosses gives a thorough introduction to action semantics, and provides substantial illustrations of its use.

Contenuti:

Part I. Language Descriptions: 1. Motivation; 2. Concepts; 3. Formalities; Part II. Action Notation: 4. Basic; 5. Data; 6. Functional; 7. Declarative; 8. Imperative; 9. Reflective; 10. Communicative; Part III. Action Semantic Descriptions: 11. Statements; 12. Literals; 13. Expressions; 14. Declarations; 15. Variables; 16. Subprogramming; 17. Tasks; Part IV. Conclusion: 18. Other frameworks; 19. Development; Appendices; Bibliography; Symbol Index; Concept Index.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521619335
• ISBN 13: 9780521619332
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 396