Formalizing Homogeneous Language Embeddings

Clark, Tony; Tratt, Laurence

doi:10.1016/j.entcs.2010.08.033

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“…There may be mixtures of GPLs and DSLs and there are interesting variations whereby a DSL can be categorised as external where it is effectively stand-alone, or embedded when it is used as part of a wider language. Meta-modelling languages support multiple types of embedding, such as homogeneous whereby the host language provides extension facilities for defining the embedded language, and heterogeneous when the language extension is resolved externally, perhaps through some form of library or rewrite system (Clark & Tratt 2010).…”

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A Meta-Circular Basis for Model-Based Language Engineering.

Clark¹

2020

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Meta-modelling is a technique that facilitates the construction of new languages to be used in system development. Although meta-modelling is supported by a number of tools and technologies, notably the Meta Object Facility from the OMG, there is no widely accepted precise basis for meta-modelling that can be used to develop and study language-based approaches to system development. Recent advances in meta-modelling have proposed several approaches to mixing types and instances, and allowing constraints to hold over multiple levels. This article proposes a collection of key characteristic features that are used to define a foundational self-contained unifying metalanguage that is evaluated through several examples.

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A Meta-Circular Basis for Model-Based Language Engineering.

Clark¹

2020

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“…embedding Homogeneous language embedding [29] involves a context switch when the host language uses an embedded language feature. This must address the issue of scope in terms of variables and flow of execution.…”

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XPL: A language for modular homogeneous language embedding

Clark

2015

Science of Computer Programming

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Languages that are used for Software Language Engineering (SLE) offer a range of features that support the construction and deployment of new languages. SLE languages offer features for constructing and processing syntax and defining the semantics of language features. New languages may be embedded within an existing language (internal) or may be stand-alone (external). Modularity is a desirable SLE property for which there is no generally agreed approach. This article analyses the current tools for SLE and identifies the key features that are common. It then proposes a language called XPL that supports these features. XPL is higher-order and allows languages to be constructed and manipulated as first-class elements and therefore can be used to represent a range of approaches to modular language definition. This is validated by using XPL to define the notion of a language module that supports modular language construction and language transformation.

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Dangling references in multi-configuration and dynamic PHP-based Web applications

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2013 28th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE)

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Formalizing Homogeneous Language Embeddings

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

A Meta-Circular Basis for Model-Based Language Engineering.

A Meta-Circular Basis for Model-Based Language Engineering.

XPL: A language for modular homogeneous language embedding

Dangling references in multi-configuration and dynamic PHP-based Web applications

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