International Symposium on Programming [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the Fourth ‘Colloque International sur la Programmation’ Paris, 22–24 April 1980 / edited by Bernard Robinet.

Static type checking for languages with parametric types and polymorphic procedures -- Concrete control phases in languages for programming complex systems -- Types algebriques et semantique des langages de programmation -- Towards a theory of abstract data types: A discussion on problems and tools -- On relations between programs -- A communication data type for message oriented programming -- Processus non-sequentiels et leurs observations en univers non-centralise -- A case study of abstract implementations and their correctness -- About program termination and simplification -- A relational model for non-deterministic programs and predicate transformers -- Structures de controle et puissances d'expression -- Conception et optimisation des descentes recursives -- An algebraic structure of petri nets -- An algorithm for translating LISP programs into reduction language programs -- Concurrent operations in large ordered indexes -- Specification of highly parallel and distributed resource management -- Semantics for lisp without reference to an interpreter -- Parallelism in ADA: Program design and meaning -- The theory and practice of transforming call-by-need into call-by-value -- A model-theoretic approach to specification, extension, and implementation -- Échappements et continuations en semantique dénotationnelle -- Suggestions for composing and specifying program design decisions -- Making programs more readable.