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Programming with Higher-Order Logic
Dale Miller
Gopalan Nadathur
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 2012-06-11
主題
Computers / Languages / General
Computers / Computer Science
ISBN
1139510428
9781139510424
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=xKsgAwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Formal systems that describe computations over syntactic structures occur frequently in computer science. Logic programming provides a natural framework for encoding and animating such systems. However, these systems often embody variable binding, a notion that must be treated carefully at a computational level. This book aims to show that a programming language based on a simply typed version of higher-order logic provides an elegant, declarative means for providing such a treatment. Three broad topics are covered in pursuit of this goal. First, a proof-theoretic framework that supports a general view of logic programming is identified. Second, an actual language called λProlog is developed by applying this view to higher-order logic. Finally, a methodology for programming with specifications is exposed by showing how several computations over formal objects such as logical formulas, functional programs, and λ-terms and π-calculus expressions can be encoded in λProlog.