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Projection semantics for rigid loops

Programming Languages 2007-07-10 v1

Abstract

A rigid loop is a for-loop with a counter not accessible to the loop body or any other part of a program. Special instructions for rigid loops are introduced on top of the syntax of the program algebra PGA. Two different semantic projections are provided and proven equivalent. One of these is taken to have definitional status on the basis of two criteria: `normative semantic adequacy' and `indicative algorithmic adequacy'.

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@article{arxiv.0707.1059,
  title  = {Projection semantics for rigid loops},
  author = {Jan A. Bergstra and Alban Ponse},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.1059},
  year   = {2007}
}

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20 pages

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