CS 3304: Comparative Languages
Semantics
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Evaluation of Operational Semantics
Advantages:
May be simple, intuitive for small examples
Good if used informally
Useful for implementation
Disadvantages
Very complex for large programs
Lacks mathematical rigor
Uses:
Vienna Definition Language (VDL) used to define PL/I (Wegner 1972)
Compiler work