CASL: A Guided Tour of its Design
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7146/brics.v5i43.19488Resumé
Casl is an expressive language for the specification of functionalrequirements and modular design of software. It has been designed by CoFI, the international Common Framework Initiative for algebraic specification and development. It is based on a critical selection of features that have already been explored in various contexts, including subsorts, partial functions, first-order logic, and structured and architectural
specifications. Casl should facilitate interoperability of many existing algebraic prototyping and verification tools.
This guided tour of the Casl design is based closely on a 1/2-day tutorial held at ETAPS'98 (corresponding slides are available from the CoFI archives). The major issues that had to be resolved in the design process are indicated, and all the main concepts and constructs of Casl are briefly explained and illustrated - the reader is referred to the Casl Language Summary for further details. Some familiarity with the fundamental concepts of algebraic specification would be advantageous.
Downloads
Publiceret
1998-06-13
Citation/Eksport
Mosses, P. D. (1998). CASL: A Guided Tour of its Design. BRICS Report Series, 5(43). https://doi.org/10.7146/brics.v5i43.19488
Nummer
Sektion
Artikler
Licens
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).