ENGLISH

A Practical Introduction to Denotational Semantics

By Lloyd Allison

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1986
ISBN
0521306892
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
952 kB (974967 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Computer Science Texts 23
Pages
146\146
Topic
Mathematics Logic
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
600
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-01-06 10:13:16

Description

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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