Abstract
We compare two documents: the Alpha Architecture Reference Manual (from Compaq Computer Corporation) and the TLA+ specification of the Alpha memory model (by Lamport, Sharma, Tuttle, and Yu). We compare the styles, the languages employed, and the fundamental assumptions (that is the basic frameworks of the two texts). We conclude that the TLA+ specification is not so much a formalization of the Alpha Reference Manual text as it is a translation into a different framework. We believe that a formalization of the Alpha Reference Manual can be useful, and we propose one.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 107-135 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Journal | Fundamenta Informaticae |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
| State | Published - 1 Feb 2003 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Algebra and Number Theory
- Information Systems
- Computational Theory and Mathematics