Abstract
Object-oriented programming languages, such as Smalltalk, help to build reusable program modules. The reuse of program modules requires adequate documentation—formal or informal. Larch/Smalltalk is a formal specification language for specifying such reusable Smalltalk modules. Larch/Smalltalk firmly separates specification from implementation. In Larch/Smalltalk the unit of specification is an abstract data type, which is an abstraction of the behavior produced by one or more Smalltalk classes, A type can be a subtype of other types, which allows types to be organized based on specified behavior, and also allows for inheritance of their specifications. Larch/Smalltalk specifications are developed using specification tools integrated in the Smalltalk programming environment.
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