Towards a formal description of Ada
Towards a formal description of Ada
Denotational Semantics: The Scott-Strachey Approach to Programming Language Theory
Denotational Semantics: The Scott-Strachey Approach to Programming Language Theory
The Calculi of Lambda Conversion. (AM-6) (Annals of Mathematics Studies)
The Calculi of Lambda Conversion. (AM-6) (Annals of Mathematics Studies)
The development of an Ada front end for small computers
SIGAda '85 Proceedings of the 1985 annual ACM SIGAda international conference on Ada
Pinnacles of software engineering: 25 years of formal methods
Annals of Software Engineering
A Formally Verified Compiler Back-end
Journal of Automated Reasoning
VDM semantics of programming languages: combinators and monads
Formal methods and hybrid real-time systems
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The Vienna Development Method (VDM) has been employed by Dansk Datamatik Center (DDC) on a large-scale, industrial Ada compiler development project. VDM is a formal specification and development method in that it insists on the initial specifications and all design steps being expressed in a formal (mathematically based) notation. This paper gives an overview of how VDM was used in the various steps of the DDC Ada project, and we guide the reader through the steps involved from the initial formal specification of Ada down to the actually coded multipass compiler. Finally we report on the quantitative and qualitative experiences we have gained, both as regards the technical suitability of VDM for the project and as regards the implications on software management and quality assurance.