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   Costello, Roger L. to All   
   RE: Formatting of Language LRMs   
   03 Jul 14 09:06:23   
   
   From: costello@mitre.org   
      
   > getting the feeling that the start of the art   
   > in executable semantics is such that we   
   > could start seeing languages written as   
   > executable semantics in maybe 10-20 years   
   > or so.   
      
   What are "executable semantics"?   
      
   If I were to create a document containing executable semantics, what would I   
   do with it? How would it differ from a document containing, say, Java?   
      
   Fascinating discussion - thanks!   
      
   /Roger   
      
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