Linearity, Sharing and State: a fully abstract game semantics for Idealized Algol with active expressions

@article{Abramsky1996LinearitySA,
  title={Linearity, Sharing and State: a fully abstract game semantics for Idealized Algol with active expressions},
  author={Samson Abramsky and Guy McCusker},
  journal={Electron. Notes Theor. Comput. Sci.},
  year={1996},
  volume={3},
  pages={2-14}
}
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