Abstract:We incorporate higher-order functions and state monads in Maude, thereby embedding a higher-order functional language with imperative features in the Maude framework. We illustrate, via simple programs in the resulting language: the concrete and symbolic execution of programs; their verification with respect to properties expressed in Reachability Logic, a languageparametric generalisation of Hoare Logic; and the verification of programequivalence properties. Our approach is proved sound and is implemented in … Show more
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