| Higher Order Operational Techniques in Semantics Contributor(s): Gordon, Andrew D. (Editor), Pitts, Andrew M. (Editor), Negroponte, Nicholas (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0521631688 ISBN-13: 9780521631686 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $108.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Programming Languages - General - Mathematics | Applied - Computers | Machine Theory |
| Dewey: 004.015 |
| LCCN: 97032339 |
| Series: Publications of the Newton Institute |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.66 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Most object-oriented or functional languages are higher order languages, ones in which the means of manipulation can itself be manipulated. This important reference contains a collection of original articles about recent developments in operational semantics for higher order programming languages by some of the leading researchers in the field. Operational techniques are important because they are closer to implementations and language definitions than more abstract mathematical techniques such as denotational semantics. One of the exciting developments recounted in the book is that mathematical structures and techniques used in denotational semantics (such as fixpoint induction) may be recovered from a purely operational starting point. The book surveys and introduces techniques such as contextual equivalence, applicative bisimulation, logical relations, improvement relations, explicit models of memory management, and labeling techniques for confluence properties. It treats a variety of higher order languages, based on functions, processes and objects, with and without side effects, typed and untyped. Researchers and graduate students will find this book valuable reading. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pitts, Andrew M.: - Andrew Pitts FACM FBCS is Professor of Theoretical Computer Science at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Darwin College. |