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An Introduction to the Bird−Meertens Formalism

Abstract:: The Bird-Meertens Formalism, or `Squiggol', is a calculus for the construction of programs from their specifications by a process of equational reasoning. Developments are directed by considerations of data, as opposed to program, structure.
This paper presents a brief introduction to the philosophy and notation of the calculus, in the guise of the (well-known) derivation of a linear-time solution to the `maximum segment sum' problem.

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Gibbons, J. (1994). An Introduction to the Bird−Meertens Formalism.

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Gibbons, J. “An Introduction to the Bird−Meertens Formalism.” 1994.

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Gibbons, J. 1994. “An Introduction to the Bird−Meertens Formalism.”
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: MPLS
Department:: Computer Science
Role:: Author

Publisher:: Hamilton
Host title:: Proceedings of the First New Zealand Formal Program Development Colloquium
Publication date:: 1994-11-01

UUID:: uuid:3a9f06c8-fe4b-4e5b-b952-ec2d018c5914
Local pid:: cs:2330
Deposit date:: 2015-03-12
ARK identifier:: ark:/29072/ora_3a9f06c8fe4b4e5bb952ec2d018c5914

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Copyright date:: 1994

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