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The paper presents the language C-light which is a representative verification-oriented subset of the standard C. This language allows deterministic expressions and a limited use of the statements switchand goto. C-light includes the C++ operators newand deleteto manage the dynamic memory instead of standard C library functions. The structural operational semantics of C-light in the Plotkin style is outlined.
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Nepomniaschy, V.A., Anureev, I.S., Promsky, A.V. (2004). Verification-Oriented Language C-Light and Its Structural Operational Semantics. In: Broy, M., Zamulin, A.V. (eds) Perspectives of System Informatics. PSI 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2890. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39866-0_12
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