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The Computer Journal 1979 22(1):63-66; doi:10.1093/comjnl/22.1.63
© 1979 by British Computer Society
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ALGOL 68 as a metalanguage for denotational semantics*

F. G. Pagan §

Department of Computer Science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA

The possibility of using ALGOL 68 as a metalanguage for ‘denotational’ definitions of the semantics of programming languages is considered, using the simple language LOOP as an example. The approach is found to be a viable one if the ‘partial parametrisation’ feature is added to ALGOL 68. The advantages of using a general purpose programming language as a definitional medium are briefly discussed.

Received September 1977.

* This work has been supported by the National Research Council of Canada, grant number A3605.

§ Now at Department of Computer Science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901, USA.

Computer Science Group, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada A1C 5S7


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