NDLI: Automatic maintenance of routine programming tasks based on a declarative description

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Bernstein, D.B. Farrow, R.
Copyright Year	1990
Description	Author affiliation: Vantage Anal. Syst. Inc., Fremont, CA, USA (Bernstein, D.B.)
Abstract	The authors describe the writing of a small, very specific, software tool, Igor, that automates the creation and maintenance of many routine and repetitive code fragments used in a large software system. Igor is viewed as an application-specific application generator; it generates C source code from a higher level specification as an application generator does, and it is designed to be used only for this one purpose in this one project. The data structure is described in a concise, declarative notation, and a special-purpose translator was written to process the description. The translator generates files of source code that implement the many simple declarations, manipulations, and interrogations of this data structure. The authors discuss experience using this paradigm to implement the intermediate format and how it contributed to solving the larger task of building the CAE (computer-aided engineering) system of which it is a part. The authors compare their solution with other approaches and examine what aspects of the paradigm may be applicable to other software development efforts.
Starting Page	310
Ending Page	315
File Size	613856
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0818620269
DOI	10.1109/ICSE.1990.63638
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	1990-03-26
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Maintenance Automatic programming Application software Data structures Writing Software tools Software systems Buildings Computer aided engineering Systems engineering and theory
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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