Composing heterogeneous software with style

Authors:
Stephen Kell
Affiliations:
University of Cambridge
Venue:
Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Free Composition
Year:
2011

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Abstract

Tools for composing software impose homogeneity requirements on what is composed-that modules must share a language, target the same libraries, or share other conventions. This inhibits cross-language and cross-infrastructure composition. We observe that a unifying representation of software turns heterogeneity of components into a matter of styles: recurring interface patterns that cross-cut large numbers of codebases. We sketch a rule-based language for capturing styles independently of composition context, and describe how it applies in two example scenarios.