The Varieties of Programming Language Semantics

Authors:
Peter D. Mosses
Affiliations:
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Venue:
TCS '00 Proceedings of the International Conference IFIP on Theoretical Computer Science, Exploring New Frontiers of Theoretical Informatics
Year:
2000

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Abstract

It may seem that there are almost as many varieties of programming language semantics as there are of programming languages. This brief summary surveys the main varieties of semantics, and considers which of them may be the most appropriate.