Lightweight Java
Encyclopedia
Lightweight Java is a fully formalized and extensible minimal imperative
fragment of Java
. The language was designed for academic purposes within the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge
. The definition of LJ was proven type-sound
in Isabelle/HOL
.
Imperative programming
In computer science, imperative programming is a programming paradigm that describes computation in terms of statements that change a program state...
fragment of Java
Java (programming language)
Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...
. The language was designed for academic purposes within the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
The Computer Laboratory is the computer science department of the University of Cambridge. As of 2007, it employs 35 academic staff, 25 support staff, 35 affiliated research staff, and about 155 research students...
. The definition of LJ was proven type-sound
Type soundness
In computer science, a programming language with a static type system is considered to be type sound if a well-typed program cannot cause type errors....
in Isabelle/HOL
Isabelle theorem prover
The Isabelle theorem prover is an interactive theorem prover, successor of the Higher Order Logic theorem prover. It is an LCF-style theorem prover , so it is based on a small logical core guaranteeing logical correctness...
.