Iteration and nontermination

  • Mário S. Alvim
  • , Konstantinos Chatzikokolakis
  • , Annabelle McIver
  • , Carroll Morgan
  • , Catuscia Palamidessi
  • , Geoffrey Smith

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Abstract

Iteration in programming-language semantics requires a more sophisticated approach than the other constructs we have seen so far: once loops are introduced, we are forced to describe the meaning of a loop’s failing to terminate, in the most extreme case for example WHILE TRUE DO SKIP.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformation Security and Cryptography
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages307-323
Number of pages17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2020

Publication series

NameInformation Security and Cryptography
ISSN (Print)1619-7100
ISSN (Electronic)2197-845X

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