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Formal specification languages have been used mostly to prove mathematically that a program or module is correct, or to automatically construct a correct program. In both cases, a high-level ...

No matter how unique or cookie-cutter the building, every project has key drivers and tradeoffs the owner must contend with. Most project drivers are familiar to us: low install cost, low operating ...

A technical paper titled “PEak: A Single Source of Truth for Hardware Design and Verification” was published by researchers at Stanford University. “Domain-specific languages for hardware can ...

PSL is a formal notation for specification of electronic system behavior, compatible with multiple electronic system design languages, including IEEE Std 1076 (VHDL), IEEE Std 1354 (Verilog), IEEE Std ...

Specifically, the C# specification describes the representation of C# programs, syntax, and constraints, semantic rules for interpreting programs, and restrictions and limits imposed by a conforming ...

Standardization work is underway to develop assertion languages (for example, PSL and SystemVerilog Assertions) to address the shortcomings of natural language specification. The goal in creating ...

Although the PHP scripting language has been around since 1995 and is a staple of Web development, it does not actually have a formal language specification — just extensive user documentation. But ...