Domain-Specific Languages : IFIP TC 2 Working Conference, DSL 2009, Oxford, UK, July 15-17, 2009, Proceedings

Walid Mohamed Taha

ISBN 10: 3642030335 / ISBN 13: 9783642030338

Published by Springer, Springer Spektrum, 2009

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

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• Title: Domain-Specific Languages : IFIP TC 2 Working Conference, DSL 2009, Oxford, UK, July 15-17, 2009, Proceedings
• Publisher: Springer, Springer Spektrum
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642030335
• ISBN 13: 9783642030338
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 23D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 639 grams

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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.

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This volume presents the proceedings of the IFIP TC 2 Working Conference on Domain-Specific Languages, DSL 2009 held in Oxford, UK, during July 15-17, 2009.

The 18 peer-reviewed full papers were selected from a total of 48 submissions. The topics covered by the papers represent the diversity of applications, challenges, and methods of domain-specific languages. The papers are organized in topical sections on semantics, methods and tools, and case studies.