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Questions about Semantics.Okay, I'm doing a self study in techniques for defining the semantics of programming languages. I have found this book( Syntax and Semantics of Programming Languages ) which seems pretty comprehensive. In particular, I was interested if there were any formalisms besides those in the book(Operational, Denotational, Domain Theory, Axiomatic, Algebraic, etc.). I was also interested in people's opinions about the strengths and weaknesses of these formalisms, and if any of them are more popular, or considered "obsolete". Also, since I'm interested in parsing as well, I was wondering how the use of grammar formalisms to define semantics(such as Attribute Grammars, Affix Grammars, Wijngaarden grammars) is seen in comparison to these formalisms. I guess, this paper(ACM Digital Library membership required) is a good example of one way of using a grammar to define semantics. Is it considered antiquated to use grammar formalisms to do this, or is it simply not popular? By Matt Estes at 2004-09-21 09:48 | LtU Forum | previous forum topic | next forum topic | other blogs | 17243 reads
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