From obj to maude and beyond

José Meseguer

pp. 252-280

in: Kokichi Futatsugi, Jean-Pierre Jouannaud, José Meseguer (eds), Algebra, meaning, and computation, Berlin, Springer, 2006

Abstract

The OBJ algebraic specification language and its Eqlog and FOOPS multiparadigm extensions are revisited from the perspective of the Maude language design. A common thread is the quest for ever more expressive computational logics, on which executable formal specifications of increasingly broader classes of systems can be based. Several recent extensions, beyond Maude itself, are also discussed.