Proceedings 5th International Workshop on Logical Frameworks and Meta-languages: Theory and Practice

TL;DR

This workshop volume compiles research on logical frameworks, meta-languages, and their applications in programming language design, theorem proving, and formal reasoning, highlighting recent advances and practical implementations.

Contribution

It presents the latest developments in automation, proof assistants, and encoding techniques within logical frameworks, advancing both theoretical understanding and practical tools.

Findings

Enhanced methods for encoding variable binding and fresh name generation

Case studies demonstrating meta-programming applications

Mechanization of language and calculus descriptions

Abstract

Type theories, logical frameworks and meta-languages form a common foundation for designing, implementing, and reasoning about formal languages and their semantics. They are central to the design of modern programming languages, certified software, and domain specific logics. More generally, they continue to influence applications in many areas in mathematics, logic and computer science. The Logical Frameworks and Meta-languages: Theory and Practice workshop aims to bring together designers, implementers, and practitioners working on these areas, and in particular about: the automation and implementation of the meta-theory of programming languages and related calculi; the design of proof assistants, automated theorem provers, and formal digital libraries building upon logical framework technology; theoretical and practical issues concerning the encoding of variable binding and fresh name generation, especially the representation of, and reasoning about, datatypes defined from binding signatures; case studies of meta-programming, and the mechanization of the (meta) theory of descriptions of programming languages and other calculi. This volume contains the final and revised versions of the papers presented at LFMTP 2010, which was held on July 14, 2010 in Edinburgh (UK). LFMTP 2010 was part of the Federated Logic Conference (FLoC 2010), and affilated with LICS 2010.