[comp.theory] request:formal lang. for OO-concepts

cliff@cs.man.ac.uk (Cliff Jones) (06/06/90)

In article <9005231821.AA04014@irt.watson.ibm.com> TheoryNet List <THEORYNT@VM1.NoDak.EDU>, Angelika Buth <buth@zi.gmd.dbp.de> writes:
>We are interested in formal languages which are suited to describe
>object-oriented concepts like inheritance in a compact and programming
>language independent way.

Mario Wolczko's thesis from this department:

	Semantics of Object-Oriented Languages

uses VDM-like notation to describe OO concepts (MIW actually started
from the OO side (rather than being a VDM writer looking for something
to describe)). You can get the TR version of his thesis (and a list of
our other TRs by writing to:
	The Librarian,
	Department of Computer Science
	Manchester University
	M13 9PL, England

cliff jones