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Encoding natural semantics in Coq

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Algebraic Methodology and Software Technology (AMAST 1995)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 936))

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We address here the problem of automatically translating the Natural Semantics of programming languages to Coq, in order to prove formally general properties of languages. Natural Semantics [18] is a formalism for specifying semantics of programming languages inspired by Plotkin's Structural Operational Semantics [22]. The Coq proof development system [12], based on the Calculus of Constructions extended with inductive types (CCind), provides mechanized support including tactics for building goal-directed proofs. Our representation of a language in Coq is influenced by the encoding of logics used by Church [6] and in the Edinburgh Logical Framework (ELF) [15, 3].

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Terrasse, D. (1995). Encoding natural semantics in Coq. In: Alagar, V.S., Nivat, M. (eds) Algebraic Methodology and Software Technology. AMAST 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 936. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-60043-4_56

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