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Preconditions and postconditions in axiomatic semantic:
A statement written immediately after a
For any two consecutive statements, the postcondition of the first serves as the precondition for the second. To develop an actual axiomatic description, every program statement should hold valid and have both precondition and postcondition...
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- Describe the different types of Semantics, when and how are they applied, what are the advantages ordisadvantages to each type. Dynamic Semantics Operational Semantics Denotational Semantics Static Semantics Axiomatic Semanticsarrow_forwardThere is a significant conceptual divide between operational and denotational semantics that must be understood.arrow_forwardDescribe the basic concept of denotational semantics.arrow_forward
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