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Termination conventions and comparative semantics

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The notion of termination is examined, first for its physical observability, then for its part in six semantic formalisms, with emphasis on predicative semantics.

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    Eric C. R. Hehner & Andrew J. Malton

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Hehner, E.C.R., Malton, A.J. Termination conventions and comparative semantics. Acta Informatica 25, 1–14 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00268842

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