A formal specification of the jq language
<|reference_start|>A formal specification of the jq language: jq is a widely used tool that provides a programming language to manipulate JSON data. However, the jq language is currently only specified by its implementation, making it difficult to reason about its behaviour. To this end, we provide a formal syntax and denotational semantics for a large subset of the jq language. Our most significant contribution is to provide a new way to interpret updates that allows for more predictable and performant execution.<|reference_end|>
@article{färber2024a,
    title={A formal specification of the jq language},
    author={Michael F"arber},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.20132},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2403.20132},
    primaryClass={cs.LO cs.PL}
}