Evolving a DSL Implementation

Authors:
Laurence Tratt
Affiliations:
Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom BH12 5BB
Venue:
Generative and Transformational Techniques in Software Engineering II
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) are small languages designed for use in a specific domain. DSLs typically evolve quite radically throughout their lifetime, but current DSL implementation approaches are often clumsy in the face of such evolution. In this paper I present a case study of an DSL evolving in its syntax, semantics, and robustness, implemented in the Converge language. This shows how real-world DSL implementations can evolve along with changing requirements.