Language factories

Tony Clark; Laurence Tratt

doi:10.1145/1639950.1640062

Language factories

Tony Clark, Laurence Tratt

College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

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Programming languages are the primary mechanism by which software is created, yet most of us have access to only a few, fixed, programming languages. Any problem we wish to express must be framed in terms of the concepts the programming language provides for us, be they suitable for the problem or not. Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) suggest an appealing escape route from this fate, but since there is no real technology or theory underpinning them, new DSLs are rare. In this paper we present the Language Factories vision, which aims to bring together the theory and practice necessary to realise DSLs in a systematic way. In so doing, we hope to lower the barrier for language creation significantly, ultimately allowing software creators to use the languages most suited to them and their needs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	OOPSLA '09 Proceedings of the 24th ACM SIGPLAN conference companion on Object oriented programming systems languages and applications
Publisher	ACM
Pages	949-955
ISBN (Print)	978-1-60558-768-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1639950.1640062
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	Proceeding of the 24th ACM SIGPLAN conference companion - Orlando, Florida, USA Duration: 25 Oct 2009 → 29 Oct 2009

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Conference	Proceeding of the 24th ACM SIGPLAN conference companion
Period	25/10/09 → 29/10/09

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