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==Formal Semantics== | ==Formal Semantics== | ||
* Denotational semantics -- map [[Theory#Formal_Languages|grammatical elements]] directly to mathematical functions | |||
* Axiomatic semantics -- apply a system of axioms + deduction rules to the grammar | |||
* Operational semantics -- map language constructs to a simple (well-defined) abstract machine | |||
* Attribute grammars (Knuth, 1968) -- extensions of context-free grammars. An attribute grammar ''AG'' consists of: | |||
** a context-free grammar ''G'' | |||
** a finite set of attributes ''A'' | |||
** a finite set of semantic rules having form R : AG = (''G'', ''A'', R ). | |||
==References== | |||
* Paaki's 1995 survey, ''[http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=210376.197409 Attribute Grammar Paradigms -- A High-Level Methodology in Language Implementation]''. | |||
==See Also== | |||
* [[Theory#Formal_Languages|Formal Languages]] | |||
[[Category: CS GRE Prep]] | [[Category: CS GRE Prep]] | ||