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Program Comprehension for Domain-Specific Languages
- Polytechnic Institute of Bragan¸ca
Campus de Sta. Apol´onia, Apartado 134 - 5301-857, Bragan¸ca, Portugal
mjoao@ipb.pt - University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Smetanova ul. 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
marjan.mernik@uni-mb.si - University of Minho - Department of Computer Science
Campus de Gualtar, 4715-057, Braga, Portugal
{danieladacruz,prh}@di.uminho.pt
Abstract
In the past, we have always looked for program comprehension tools that were able to interconnect operational and behavioral views, aimed at aiding the software analyst to combine problem and program domains in order to reach a full understanding of software systems. In this paper we are concerned with Program Comprehension issues, as applied to Domain Specific Languages (DSLs). We aim at understanding how techniques and tools for the comprehension of traditional programming languages fit into the understanding of DSLs. Being the language tailored for the description of problems within a specific domain. Specific visualizations (at a higher abstraction level, closer to the problem level) could and should be defined to enhance the comprehension of descriptions in that particular domain.
Key words
program understanding, problem comprehension, DSLs
Publication information
Volume 5, Issue 2 (December 2008)
Compilers, Related Technologies and Applications
Year of Publication: 2008
ISSN: 2406-1018 (Online)
Publisher: ComSIS Consortium
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Pereira, M. J. V., Mernik, M., Cruz, D. d., Henriques, P. R.: Program Comprehension for Domain-Specific Languages. Computer Science and Information Systems, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1-17. (2008)
