I've recently had the opportunity to explain in prose what denotational
semantics are to a person unfamiliar with it. I was trying to get across
the concept of distilling the essence out of some problem domain. I
wasn't able to get the idea across so I'm looking for some simple ways
to explain it.
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:55 PM, David Sankel wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I've recently had the opportunity to explain in prose what denotational
> semantics are to a person unfamiliar with it. I was trying to get across the
> concept of distilling the essence out of some problem domain. I wasn't ab
On 11-01-17 01:55 PM, David Sankel wrote:
I've recently had the opportunity to explain in prose what denotational
semantics are to a person unfamiliar with it. I was trying to get across
the concept of distilling the essence out of some problem domain. I
wasn't able to get the idea across so I'm
You probably want to bring up other forms of semantics.
Axiomatic semantics:
Makes no distinction between a phrase's meaning and the logical
formulas that describe it; its meaning is exactly what can be proven
about it in some logic.
Operational semantics:
The execution of the language is d
Hello All,
I've recently had the opportunity to explain in prose what denotational
semantics are to a person unfamiliar with it. I was trying to get across the
concept of distilling the essence out of some problem domain. I wasn't able
to get the idea across so I'm looking for some simple ways to