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Extended ML is a wide-spectrum programming language based on the languages ML and Standard ML, covering both program specification and implementation. It extends the syntax of ML to include axioms, which do not need to be executable but can rigorously specify the behavior of a program. With this addition, the language can be used for stepwise refinement, proceeding gradually from an initial formal specification to eventually yield an executable Standard ML program. Correctness of the final executable with respect to the original specification can then be established by proving the correctness of each of the refinement steps. Extended ML is used for research into and teaching of formal methods in program development and specification, and research into automatic program verification.

Extended ML is neither related to the programming language Extensible ML (other than being similarly derived from ML), nor to the specification language Extensible Markup Language (XML).

References

• Kahrs, S.; Sannella, D.; Tarlecki, A. (1994). "Interfaces and Extended ML". Proceedings of the ACM Workshop on Interface Definition Languages. SIGPLAN Notices. Vol. 29. Portland, Oregon. pp. 111–118.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
• Kahrs, S.; Sannella, D.; Tarlecki, A. (28 February 1997). "The definition of extended ML: A gentle introduction". Theoretical Computer Science. 173 (2): 445–484.
• Kahrs, S.; Sannella, D. (1998). "Reflections on the design of a specification language". Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering: ETAPS'98. Vol. 173. Lisbon, Portugal: Springer LNCS 1382. pp. 154–170.
• Sannella, D.; Tarlecki, A. (1999). "Algebraic methods for specification and formal development of programs". ACM Computing Surveys. 31 (3es).

External links

• Official website, Don Sannella

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