KHEPERA: a system for rapid implementation of domain specific languages

Authors:
Rickard E. Faith;Lars S. Nyland;Jan F. Prins
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC;Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC;Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Venue:
DSL'97 Proceedings of the Conference on Domain-Specific Languages on Conference on Domain-Specific Languages (DSL), 1997
Year:
1997

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Abstract

The KHEPERA system is a toolkit for the rapid implementation and long-term maintenance of domain specific languages (DSLs). Our viewpoint is that DSLs are most easily implemented via source-to-source translation from the DSL into another language and that this translation should be based on simple parsing, sophisticated tree-based analysis and manipulation, and source generation using pretty-printing techniques. KHEPERA emphasizes the use of familiar, pre-existing tools and provides support for transformation replay and debugging for the DSL processor and end-user programs. In this paper, we present an overview of our approach, including implementation details and a short example.