Action Semantics
Published on 13. August 1992
Book
Hardback
392 pages
978-0-521-40347-4 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 256 mm
Width: 179 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
836 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-40347-4 (9780521403474)
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Content
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.