SLE 2014 SI paper:
Evaluating and comparing language workbenches: Existing results and benchmarks for the future

Sebastian Erdweg, Tijs van der Storm, Markus Völter, Laurence Tratt, Remi Bosman, William R. Cook, Albert Gerritsen, Angelo Hulshout, Steven Kelly, Alex Loh, Gabriël Konat, Pedro J. Molina, Martin Palatnik, Risto Pohjonen, Eugen Schindler, Klemens Schindler, Riccardo Solmi, Vlad Vergu, Eelco Visser, Kevin van der Vlist, Guido Wachsmuth, Jimi van der Woning

DOI: 10.1016/j.cl.2015.08.007
Extended version of The State of the Art in Language Workbenches: Conclusions from the Language Workbench Challenge (SLE 2013)
T4A: Workbenches
- The paper’s main subject is language workbenches and their associated tooling ecosystems.
T5E: Empirical Evaluation
- It reports comparative/empirical evidence (Language Workbench Challenge results) and distills benchmark data and observations.
T3C: DSLs
- Workbenches are evaluated specifically as platforms for building and using DSLs.
T6D: Synergies
- It aligns perspectives across multiple tools/communities by proposing shared benchmarks and a common feature model.

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