Evaluation Relations Ocaml Programming Chapter

Small- and big-step

Bisect is a tool for automated glass-box testing and statement coverage of

A comparison of big-step vs. small-step semantics, and substitution model vs. environment model Textbook: ...

In a small-step semantics, an expression repeatedly takes a single step of

Application of functions to "too few" of arguments, and syntactic sugar. Textbook: https://cs3110.github.io/textbook.

let` expressions Textbook: https://cs3110.github.io/textbook.

Drilling down into the parts of a function specification: preconditions, postconditions, examples. Textbook: ...

The goal of testing is to expose the existence of faults. Automated unit and regression testing are especially important. Textbook: ...

Giving functions names with `let` definitions. Textbook: https://cs3110.github.io/textbook.

Reasons why we use

Compilers translate code from one language to another. Interpreters execute code. Virtual machines and just-in-time compilation ...

Comparing the difference between `open` and `include` in modules Textbook: https://cs3110.github.io/textbook.

A notion of "behavioral equality" is at the heart of reasoning about the correctness of functional programs Textbook: ...