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I was just reading this paper from the home page

http://pauillac.inria.fr/~fpottier/slides/fpottier-2007-05-linear-bestiary.pdf

and realized I can't remember the meaning of many of the symbols after not using them for some time. Is there a reference somewhere that explains these symbols. I'm finding it hard to locate one.

Thank you.

Expressive Modes and Species of Language

R. E. Moe, 2006. Expressive Modes and Species of Language. In Proc. 23rd World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology.

This paper is very relevant to my attempts to characterise what I call the Scott-Strachey school of computer science; cf. Right On!.

I am grateful to Ehud for bringing the following paper to my attention: White, G., 2004; The Philosophy of Computer Languages; In L. Floridi (ed.): Philosophy of Computing and Information; Blackwell, 2004.