Syntactic considerations on recursive types

We study recursive types from a syntactic perspective. In particular, we compare the formulations of recursive types that are used in programming languages and formal systems. Our main tool is a new syntactic explanation of type expressions as functors. We also introduce a simple logic for programs...

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Published inProceedings 11th Annual IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science pp. 242 - 252
Main Authors Abadi, M., Fiore, M.P.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 1996
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Computer languages
Logic programming
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Summary:We study recursive types from a syntactic perspective. In particular, we compare the formulations of recursive types that are used in programming languages and formal systems. Our main tool is a new syntactic explanation of type expressions as functors. We also introduce a simple logic for programs with recursive types in which we carry out our proofs.
ISBN:0818674636
9780818674631
ISSN:1043-6871
2575-5528
DOI:10.1109/LICS.1996.561324