sle2009/paper11

SLE 2009 paper:
Language Boxes: Bending the Host Language with Modular Language Changes

Lukas Renggli, Marcus Denker, Oscar Nierstrasz

• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12107-4_20
• T1D: Composition
  • Language boxes provide modular, scoped language extensions to a host language—an integration/modularity contribution.
• T3C: DSLs
  • They target embedding fine-grained DSL extensions into general-purpose host languages.
• T4A: Workbenches
  • The approach includes tool integration concerns like syntax highlighting and compilation transformations.

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