Fully Abstract Models of Programming Languages

Allen Stoughton

chapter Preface, Introduction, Bibliography and Index, pages i--iv, 1--7 and 119--123 Research Notes in Theoretical Computer Science. Pitman, 1988

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Abstract:

From the preface: This monograph presents a language-independent theory of fully abstract denotational semantics of programming languages---models that identify program fragments exactly when they are operationally interchangeable---and uses this theory to show the existence or nonexistence of such models for several example programming languages. It is intended for researchers in programming language semantics, and is mathematically self-contained: only naive set theory and some very basic notions of category theory are assumed. Some familiarity with universal algebra and domain theory would be helpful, however.

Comments:
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Sussex.


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