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PCF with Types

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This chapter opens a new part of the book, dedicated to types. The language PCF is extended by adding types. A type verification algorithm is described and the application to the static detection of errors is discussed in length. This chapter also describes the denotational semantics of PCF with types.

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Dowek, G., Lévy, JJ. (2011). PCF with Types. In: Introduction to the Theory of Programming Languages. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-076-2_5

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