Model-Driven Engineering and Optimizing Compilers: A Bridge Too Far?

Floch, Antoine; Yuki, Tomofumi; Guy, Clément; Derrien, Steven; Combemale, Benôıt; Rajopadhye, Sanjay; France, Robert

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-24485-8_45

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“…These advantages are in fact the pillar principles of MDE and domain-specific modeling. Floch et al [31] observed many similarities between MDE and compilers research and principles. Thus, it is not surprising to see that many, though not exclusively, code generation tools came out of the MDE community.…”

Section: Code Generationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Systematic mapping study of template-based code generation

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Luhunu

Sahraoui

2018

Computer Languages, Systems & Structures

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Template-based code generation (TBCG) is a synthesis technique that produces code from high-level specifications, called templates. TBCG is a popular technique in model-driven engineering (MDE) given that they both emphasize abstraction and automation. Given the diversity of tools and approaches, it is necessary to classify existing TBCG techniques to better guide developers in their choices. The goal of this article is to better understand the characteristics of TBCG techniques and associated tools, identify research trends, and assess the importance of the role of MDE in this code synthesis approach. We conducted a systematic mapping study of the literature to paint an interesting picture about the trends and uses of TBCG. Our study shows that the community has been diversely using TBCG over the past 15 years. TBCG has greatly benefited from MDE. It has favored a template style that is output-based and high level modeling languages as input. TBCG is mainly used to generate source code and has been applied in a variety of domains. Furthermore, both MDE and non-MDE tools are becoming effective development resources in industry.

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Section: Code Generationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Systematic mapping study of template-based code generation

Syriani

Luhunu

Sahraoui

2018

Computer Languages, Systems & Structures

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“…These two research-oriented optimizing compiler infrastructures have faced the same software engineering issues during their development, and decided to use MDE to tackle them [46]. Indeed, compilers are composed of multiple passes manipulating several intermediate languages.…”

Section: A Uniform Model-driven Approach For Software and Language Enmentioning

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Bridging the chasm between MDE and the world of compilation

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Modeling and transforming have always been the cornerstones of software system development, albeit often investigated by different research communities. Modeling addresses how information is represented and processed, while transformation cares about what the results of processing this information are. To address the growing complexity of software systems, Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) leverages Domain Specific Languages (DSL) to define abstract models of systems and automated methods to process them. Meanwhile, compiler technology mostly concentrates on advanced techniques and tools for program transformation. For this, it has developed complex analyses and transformations (from lexical and syntaxic to semantic analyses, down to platformspecific optimizations). These two communities appear today quite complementary and are starting to meet again in the Software Language Engineering (SLE) field. SLE addresses all the stages of a software language lifecycle, from its definition to its tooling. In this article, we show how SLE can lean on the expertise of both MDE and compiler research communities and how each community can bring its solutions to the other one. We then draw a picture of the current state of SLE, and of the challenges it has still to face.

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