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Abstract Interpretation as a Programming Language (2013)

• fjfaase 2y ago
  Most of the references in this article are from decades ago. It feels like denotational semantics has not become the success is claimed to be. I studied the book: 'The Denotational Description of Programming Languages: An Introduction' by Michael J. C. Gordon from 1979 while studying computer science in the eighties. One of the references in the article, is a reference to the book: 'Denotational Semantics: A Methodology for Language Development' https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Andrew.Butterfield/Teaching/CS4003/DenSem-full-book.pdf https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Andrew.Butterfield/Teaching/CS4003/D...
  • RaftPeople 2y ago
    I took a Denotational Semantics course in college in the 80's. I was completely lost, despite going to class every day and trying to understand what they were teaching. I got a 37% on the mid-term and thought "holy f, this is a class I am not going to pass, wtf is going on?" I went to the prof during office hours, explained I'm confused, he asked to see my mid-term and exclaimed "Hey, you got the highest score!" To this day I can still see the gray skinny little textbook with the title "Denotational Semantics" and I still wonder "what the heck was that course about?"
    • GianFabien 2y ago
      Same here. Still got the book on my bookshelf. Still don't get it. Never needed it.
  • zvr 2y ago
    The article itself is more than a decade old: "Submitted on 20 Sep 2013".
• Jtsummers 2y ago
  https://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~eptcs/content.cgi?DSS2013 https://cgi.cse.unsw.edu.au/~eptcs/content.cgi?DSS2013 Other essays from the same occasion.
• zvr 2y ago
  Needs a "(2013)" in the HN title.
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