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Topic: what is this fraction like notation i don't understand


Huỳnh Trần Khanh (Jun 10 2021 at 04:48):

honestly i don't understand this fraction like notation lol, can anyone explain? thanks in advance :heart: Screenshot-from-2021-06-10-11.47.35.png

Huỳnh Trần Khanh (Jun 10 2021 at 04:49):

source: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~caw77/papers/mechanising-and-verifying-the-webassembly-specification.pdf

Huỳnh Trần Khanh (Jun 10 2021 at 04:51):

so alright this is my guess: the expression above the line is the precondition and the expression below the line is the postcondition

Huỳnh Trần Khanh (Jun 10 2021 at 04:51):

and the text on the right of the "fraction" is the name of the derivation rule

Huỳnh Trần Khanh (Jun 10 2021 at 04:52):

is this guess correct?

Ruben Van de Velde (Jun 10 2021 at 05:28):

Yes, that's basically it

Ruben Van de Velde (Jun 10 2021 at 05:30):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_inference#Standard_form


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