Some natural structures which fail to possess a sound and decidable Hoare-like logic for their while-programs

The work

AuthorsJan A. Bergstra; John V. Tucker
Editors
Typearticle
Year1982
Citekeybergstra1982some

Where it appeared

Published inTheoretical Computer Science
Volume17
Issue3
Pages303--315

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@article{bergstra1982some,
  title        = {Some natural structures which fail to possess a sound and decidable Hoare-like logic for their while-programs},
  author       = {Jan A. Bergstra and John V. Tucker},
  year         = {1982},
  journal      = {Theoretical Computer Science},
  volume       = {17},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {303--315},
  doi          = {10.1016/0304-3975(82)90027-5},
}

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