A Practical Introduction to Denotational Semantics
Lloyd Allison
This textbook is an introduction to denotational semantics and its applications to programming languages. Dr Allison emphasizes a practical approach and the student is encouraged to write and test denotational definitions. The first section is devoted to the mathematical foundations of the subject and sufficient detail is given to illustrate the fundamental problems. The remainder of the book covers the use of denotational semantics to describe sequential programming languages such as Algol, Pascal and C. Throughout, numerous exercises, usually in Pascal, will help the student practise writing definitions and carry out simple applications. The book culminates in discussing an executable semantics of the logic-programming language Prolog. Being an introduction, advanced undergraduates in computer science and graduates new to the subject will find this a readily accessible account of one of the central topics of computer science.
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Year:
1986
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Language:
english
Pages:
146
ISBN 10:
0521306892
ISBN 13:
9780521306898
Series:
Cambridge Computer Science Texts 23
File:
DJVU, 952 KB
IPFS:
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english, 1986