A Simple Pi-calculus Manipulation Tool

A. van Deursen (TUE)

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Abstract

The pi-calculus is a challenge for tool generation software, as it is subject to frequent changes. A specification of desirable functionality of tools for manipulating pi-calculus expressions is given, and its extensibility is studied. The difficulties encountered during specification are discussed, as well as several proposals for easier tool specification.

N.B. This paper describes ongoing work: Comments welcome!