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Operational semantics

Operational semantics is a category of formal programming language semantics in which certain desired properties of a program, such as correctness, safety or security, are verified by constructing proofs from logical statements about its execution and procedures, rather than by attaching mathematical meanings to its terms (denotational semantics).…

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Operational semantics

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Avg. degree1.96
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related to Further reading · 41
Operational semantics → Aarhus, Aarhus University, Adriaan, Algebr, Algorithmic Language ALGOL, Annual Symposium, Computation, Computer Science, Computer Science Department, DAIMI FN-19, Dana, Denmark, Gilles Kahn, Gordon, IFIP, Log, London, Mathematical Theory, Matthew Hennessy, Natural Semantics
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Operational semantics → Algol, Dana Scott, Plotkin04, Scott's, The, What
related to Approaches · 4
Operational semantics → Gilles Kahn, Gordon Plotkin, Matthias Felleisen, Robert Hieb
related to External links · 4
Operational semantics → Media, Operational, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
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Operational semantics → category of formal programming language semantics in which certain desired properties of a program

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semantics operational program language reduction programming displaystyle structural big-step state evaluation formal natural languages first calculus small-step also felleisen rule

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Operational semanticsis acategory of formal programming language semantics in which certain desired properties of a program0.90text
Operational semanticsrelated to ApproachesGordon Plotkin0.60section
Operational semanticsrelated to ApproachesMatthias Felleisen0.60section
Operational semanticsrelated to ApproachesRobert Hieb0.60section
Operational semanticsrelated to ApproachesGilles Kahn0.60section
Operational semanticsrelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Operational semanticsrelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Operational semanticsrelated to External linksOperational0.60section
Operational semanticsrelated to External linksWikimedia Commons0.60section
Operational semanticsrelated to Further readingGilles Kahn0.60section
Operational semanticsrelated to Further readingNatural Semantics0.60section
Operational semanticsrelated to Further readingProceedings0.60section

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