Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!news-xxxfer.readnews.com!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED!nerds-end From: seimarao@gmail.com Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: specifying semantics, was Formatting of Language LRMs Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 02:19:05 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 7 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <14-06-023@comp.compilers> References: <14-06-010@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: miucha.iecc.com 1403624815 97425 2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970 (24 Jun 2014 15:46:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2014 15:46:55 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: semantics, question Posted-Date: 24 Jun 2014 11:46:55 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:1278 Is there something for semantics as BNF is for grammars ? What do the books on type systems, lambda calculus, etc, teach and where are their topics applied ? Sincerely, Seima Rao.