What does aspect-oriented programming mean for functional programmers?

  • Authors:
  • Meng Wang;Bruno C. d. S. Oliveira

  • Affiliations:
  • Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford, United Kingdom;Oxford University Computing Laboratory, Oxford, United Kingdom

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2009 ACM SIGPLAN workshop on Generic programming
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) aims at modularising crosscutting concerns that show up in software. The success of AOP has been almost viral and nearly all areas in Software Engineering and Programming Languages have become "infected" by the AOP bug in one way or another. Interestingly the functional programming community (and, in particular, the pure functional programming community) seems to be resistant to the pandemic. The goal of this paper is to debate the possible causes of the functional programming community's resistance and to raise awareness and interest by showcasing the benefits that could be gained from having a functional AOP language. At the same time, we identify the main challenges and explore the possible design-space.