In computer science, denotational semantics (initially known as mathematical semantics or Scott–Strachey semantics) is an approach of formalizing the...
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formal semantics; these belong to three major classes: Denotational semantics, whereby each phrase in the language is interpreted as a denotation, i.e....
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In computer science, denotational semantics is contrasted with operational semantics. In media studies terminology, denotation is an example of the first...
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terms (denotational semantics). Operational semantics are classified in two categories: structural operational semantics (or small-step semantics) formally...
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semantics, which define the meaning of syntactically correct CSP expressions. The theory of CSP includes mutually consistent denotational semantics,...
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categories. Monads are also useful in the theory of datatypes, the denotational semantics of imperative programming languages, and in functional programming...
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Mosses in the 1990s. It is a mixture of denotational, operational and algebraic semantics. Action semantics aim to be pragmatic, and action-semantic...
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Modal μ-calculus (section Denotational semantics)
{\displaystyle \phi } in bound variable Z {\displaystyle Z} ; see the denotational semantics below for details. Models of (propositional) μ-calculus are given...
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Ong, C.-H. L. (1995). "Correspondence between Operational and Denotational Semantics: The Full Abstraction Problem for PCF". In Abramsky, S.; Gabbay...
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define the state of the program. Algebraic semantics (computer science) — in terms of algebras Denotational semantics — by translation of the program into another...
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Function type (section Denotational semantics)
set-theoretic functions effectively solves the halting problem. Denotational semantics concerns itself with finding more appropriate models (called domains)...
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Least fixed point (section Denotational semantics)
properties that arbitrary fixed points do not. In computer science, the denotational semantics approach uses least fixed points to obtain from a given program...
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The denotational semantics of the Actor model is the subject of denotational domain theory for Actors. The historical development of this subject is recounted...
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The main approaches to dynamic semantics are denotational, axiomatic, and operational semantics. Denotational semantics relies on mathematical formalisms...
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Game semantics (German: dialogische Logik, translated as dialogical logic) is an approach to formal semantics that grounds the concepts of truth or validity...
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was a British computer scientist. He was one of the founders of denotational semantics, and a pioneer in programming language design and computer time-sharing...
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Oxford University. Early in his career, in the 1970s, he worked on denotational semantics with Christopher Strachey in the Programming Research Group at the...
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theory BHK interpretation Curry–Howard correspondence Linear logic Game semantics Typed lambda calculus Typed and untyped languages Type signature Type...
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the statement. In this sense, predicate transformer semantics are a kind of denotational semantics. Actually, in guarded commands, Dijkstra uses only one...
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orders play a central role in theoretical computer science: in denotational semantics and domain theory. The term complete partial order, abbreviated...
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mathematical semantics (also known as denotational semantics) of a specification refers to its mathematical meaning. The mathematical semantics of an algebraic...
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essential to the development of both functional programming and denotational semantics. Landin was born in Sheffield, where he attended King Edward VII...
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major applications in computer science, where it is used to specify denotational semantics, especially for functional programming languages. Domain theory...
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assumption in formal semantics. This principle states that the denotation of a complex expression is determined by the denotations of its parts along with...
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process algebra, formal semantics of programming languages such as operational semantics, denotational semantics, axiomatic semantics and Hoare logic. One...
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Actor model theory (category Denotational semantics)
a denotational model of Actors (see denotational semantics). Clinger [1981] used the Actor event model described above to construct a denotational model...
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Lambda calculus (section Semantics)
for the lambda calculus. This work also formed the basis for the denotational semantics of programming languages. These extensions are in the lambda cube:...
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a Rust implementation of a dialect of jq named jaq for which a denotational semantics has been specified. Neither the C nor the Go implementations of...
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Programming language theory (section Formal semantics)
to describe the semantics or "meaning" of a computer program are denotational semantics, operational semantics and axiomatic semantics. Type theory is...
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Processes [Milne and Milner 1979] (see denotational semantics). Roscoe [2005] has developed a denotational semantics with unbounded nondeterminism for a...
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