Proof rules for the programming language Euclid

Ralph London, Butler Lampson, Jim Horning, Jim Mitchell, and Gerry Popek

 

Citation: Acta Informatica 10, 1 (Jan. 1978), pp 1-26.

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Abstract:

In the spirit of the previous axiomatization of the programming language Pascal, this paper describes Hoare-style proof rules for Euclid, a programming language intended for the expression of system programs which are to be verified. All constructs of Euclid are covered except for storage allocation and machine dependencies.