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Twelf is an implementation of the logical framework LF developed by Frank Pfenning and Carsten Schürmann at Carnegie Mellon University. It is used for logic programming and for the formalization of programming language theory.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelf | is a | implementation of the logical framework LF developed by Frank Pfenning and Carsten Schürmann at Carnegie Mellon University | 0.90 | text |
| type-preserving substitution | instance of | Thus standard theorems | 0.80 | text |
| alpha conversion come | instance of | Thus standard theorems | 0.80 | text |
| Twelf | related to Formalizing mathematics | As | 0.60 | section |
| Twelf | related to Formalizing mathematics | Rocq | 0.60 | section |
| Twelf | related to Formalizing mathematics | Isabelle/HOL/HOL Light | 0.60 | section |
| Twelf | related to Formalizing mathematics | However | 0.60 | section |
| Twelf | related to Formalizing mathematics | Despite | 0.60 | section |
| Twelf | related to Formalizing mathematics | Twelf's | 0.60 | section |
| Twelf | related to Formalizing mathematics | HOAS | 0.60 | section |
| Twelf | related to Formalizing mathematics | Thus | 0.60 | section |
| Twelf | related to Implementation | Standard ML | 0.60 | section |
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