Domain-Specific Languages - IFIP TC 2 Working Conference, DSL 2009, Oxford, UK, July 15-17, 2009, Proceedings (Paperback, 2009 ed.)

Dijkstra once wrote that computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. Despite the many incredible advances in c- puter science from times that predate practical mechanical computing, there is still a myriad of fundamental questions in understanding the interface between computers and the rest of the world. Why is it still hard to mechanize many tasks that seem to be fundamentally routine, even as we see ever-increasing - pacity for raw mechanical computing? The disciplined study of domain-speci?c languages (DSLs) is an emerging area in computer science, and is one which has the potential to revolutionize the ?eld, and bring us closer to answering this question. DSLs are formalisms that have four general characteristics. - They relate to a well-de?ned domain of discourse, be it controlling tra?c lights or space ships. - They have well-de?ned notation, such as the ones that exist for prescribing music, dance routines, or strategy in a football game. - The informal or intuitive meaning of the notation is clear. This can easily be overlooked, especially since intuitive meaning can be expressed by many di?erent notations that may be received very di?erently by users. - The formal meaning is clear and mechanizable, as is, hopefully, the case for the instructions we give to our bank or to a merchant online.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Programming and Software Engineering, 5658
Release date:	July 2009
First published:	2009
Editors:	Walid Mohamed Taha
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	411
Edition:	2009 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-03033-8
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Computer programming > Software engineering Books > Computing & IT > Internet > Network computers Books > Computing & IT > Computer programming > Programming languages > General
LSN:	3-642-03033-5
Barcode:	9783642030338

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