Concrete syntax for objects: Domain-specific language embedding and assimilation without restrictions

ACM SIGPLAN Notices

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 365-383

  Bravenboer, Martin ^a   Visser, Eelco ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Concrete Object Syntax; Domain Specific Languages; Embedded Languages; Extensible Syntax; Meta Programming; METABORG; Rewriting; SDP; Stratego; Syntax Extension

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; METADATA; SEMANTICS; USER INTERFACES; XML;

CONCRETE OBJECT SYNTAX; DOMAIN-SPECIFIC LANGUAGES; EMBEDDED LANGUAGES; EXTENSIBLE SYNTAX; META PROGRAMMING; METABORG; REWRITING; SDF; STRATEGO; SYNTAX EXTENSION;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 17044384157     PISSN: 03621340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1035292.1029007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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