The K Primer (version 3.3)

Traian Florin Serbanuta and Andrei Arusoaie and David Lazar and Chucky Ellison and Dorel Lucanu and Grigore Rosu

K'11 Elsevier, Volume 304, pp 57-80, June 2014

Abstract. This paper serves as a brief introduction to the K tool, a system for formally defining programming languages. It is shown how sequential or concurrent languages can be defined in K simply and modularly. These formal definitions automatically yield an interpreter for the language, as well as program analysis tools such as a state-space explorer.