Comparative Metric Semantics of Programming Languages, Nondeterminism and Recursion (Progress in Theoretical Computer Science) - Tapa dura

Van Breugel, F.; Van Breugel, Franck; Breugel, Frank Van

 
9780817639273: Comparative Metric Semantics of Programming Languages, Nondeterminism and Recursion (Progress in Theoretical Computer Science)
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ISBN 10: 0817639276 ISBN 13: 9780817639273
Editorial: Birkhäuser, 1997

Sinopsis

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.

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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.

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This is a book in theoretical computer science that explores the semantics of programming languages with topological methods. Aimed at research workers and advanced graduate students in computer science, the book presents an important contribution to the theory of programming languages ami the semantics that underlie their construction.

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Birkhäuser
Año de publicación
1997
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Inglés
ISBN 10 
0817639276
ISBN 13 
9780817639273
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Número de páginas
244
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