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Towards a provably correct compiler for OBJ3

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Programming Language Implementation and Logic Programming (PLILP 1994)

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Abstract machines have proved very successful in the implementation of very high level logic and functional programming languages; in particular, we have the G-machine for functional programming languages and the WAM for Prolog. In this paper we develop an abstract machine appropriate for the implementation of algebraic specification languages. We then employ general algebra techniques and initiality properties to prove correctness of the translation from equational rewrite rules to the abstract machine code. The correctness proof itself has been automated using the OBJ3 system.

The research reported in this paper has been supported in part by the Science and Engineering Research Council, the CEC under ESPRIT-2 BRA Working Groups 6071, IS-CORE (Information Systems Correctness and REusability). and 6112, COMPASS (COMPrehensive Algebraic Approach to System Specification and development), Fujitsu Laboratories Limited, and the Information Technology Promotion Agency, Japan, as part of the R & D of Basic Technology for Future Industries “New Models for Software Architecture” project sponsored by NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization).

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    Lutz H. Hamel & Joseph A. Goguen

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Hamel, L.H., Goguen, J.A. (1994). Towards a provably correct compiler for OBJ3. In: Hermenegildo, M., Penjam, J. (eds) Programming Language Implementation and Logic Programming. PLILP 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 844. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58402-1_11

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