Understanding software through linguistic abstraction

Eelco Visser

doi:10.1016/j.scico.2013.12.001

Understanding software through linguistic abstraction

Eelco Visser^*

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Abstract

In this essay, I argue that linguistic abstraction should be used systematically as a tool to capture our emerging understanding of domains of computation. Moreover, to enable that systematic application, we need to capture our understanding of the domain of linguistic abstraction itself in higher-level meta languages. The argument is illustrated with examples from the SDF, Stratego, Spoofax, and WebDSL projects in which I explore these ideas.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11-16
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science of Computer Programming
Volume	97
Issue number	P1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scico.2013.12.001
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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Domain-specific languages
Linguistic abstraction
Programming languages
Software understanding

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