DevLobstersabout 2 hours ago
Programming Language Semantics and Memory Safety
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A Google Rust team lead explains programming language semantics through three lenses: operational (interpreters), denotational (compilers), and axiomatic (assertions). The post uses a toy language example to show how each defines program meaning, with axiomatic semantics underpinning formal verification tools like Coq and Dafny.
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