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In software engineering there is a growing need for formalization as a basis for developing powerful computer assisted methods. This volume contains seven extensive lectures prepared for a series of IFIP seminars on the Formal Description of Programming Concepts. The authors are experts in their fields and have contributed substantially to the state of the art in numerous publications. The lectures cover a wide range in the theoretical foundations of programming and give an up-to-date account of the semantic models and the related tools which have been developed in order to allow a rigorous discussion of the problems met in the construction of correct programs. In particular, methods for the specification and transformation of programs are considered in detail. One lecture is devoted to the formalization of concurrency and distributed systems and reflects their great importance in programming. Further topics are the verification of programs and the use of sophisticated type systems in programming. This compendium on the theoretical foundations of programming is also suitable as a textbook for special seminars on different aspects of this broad subject.
Based on a seminar held near Rio de Janeiro, April 1989. The lectures cover a wide range in the theoretical foundations of programming and give an up-to-date account of semantic models and discussion of problems in the construction of programs. In particular, methods for the specification and transformation of programs are considered in detail. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Frank Muto
reviewed Formal Description of Programming Concepts, Vol. 1 on September 14, 2010
Formal Description of Programming Concepts, Vol. 1
I did not feel like this book provided any good information, and it felt padded to boot. In fact, after a while I lost patience and started skimming.
For instance, several pages were wasted on an explanation of an algorithm that could have been given in a single paragraph. Then time was spent on a very awkward proof involving the relationship between sums of SPECIFIC numbers, which one could simply test directly. The author may have made some point about the awkwardness of the proof, but there was no point to this. This was doubly damning because it undermined the author's argument that testing couldn't cover general correctness; so why waste time on a bad proof of a specific case that could be tested directly?
The rest of the book was this awkward. Discussions about comments in steps of proofs were given, yet no significant ties to program development were produced. When the author finally got to Hoare triples, I didn't understand why the previous pages were even written as none of the material could even be seen as a support to this.
The book is very short, even with all the padding; much of the book's length is dedicated to answers to the exercises. This leads me to doubt that there was enough material for a book. Overly long examples, pointless proofs and material that doesn't build up are the mark of a lack of substance. This material probably could have been covered in a single article.
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