posted on 2008-11-01, 00:00authored byJeff Polakow, Frank Pfenning
A logical framework is a meta-language for the formalization of deductive systems as used in the
description of logics and programming languages. It should directly support common notions and
techniques of this domain, thereby achieving two related goals: on one hand, it provides a conceptual
tool for the concise definition and rigorous reasoning about programming languages and logics; on
the other hand, it significantly reduces the effort required to actually implement deductive systems.