Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2010
Part I introduces the concepts and formalism used in action semantics. First it motivates formal descriptions of programming languages, and discusses their main features. It then explains the particular kinds of formal specification used in action semantic descriptions of programming languages, giving a simple illustrative example. Finally it presents an unorthodox framework for algebraic specifications, and sketches the algebraic foundations of action semantics.
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