A semantic view of ALGOL 68☆,☆☆

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Abstract

This article presents a semantic view of the programming language ALGOL 68 [1]. The presentation emphasizes those elements of the language which form the basis for viewing an ALGOL 68 program as a composite expression, built-up through embedded expression layers. It is intended to give a glimpse of the semantic issues present in ALGOL 68 rather than a tutorial or general introduction. This discussion of the language defined by the Revised Report follows the treatment given by Branquart, Lewi, Sintzoff and Wodon [2] for the language defined by the original Report [3].

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This work was supported by an IBM Doctoral Fellowship.

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This work was supported in part by The U.S. Department of Energy Contract No. EY-76-S-03-0034, PA 214.

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Present address until September 1979: Department of Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

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