sle2015/paper03

SLE 2015 paper:
Melange: A Meta-Language for Modular and Reusable Development of DSLs

Thomas Degueule, Benoît Combemale, Arnaud Blouin, Olivier Barais, Jean-Marc Jezéquél

• 🏆 Most Influencial Paper Award at SLE 2025
• DOI: 10.1145/2814251.2814252
• T3A: Meta-languages
  • The paper introduces a dedicated meta-language (Melange) for defining and combining language components.
• T1D: Composition
  • Its central mechanism is modular composition of DSL fragments and their integrated definitions.
• T1E: Reuse
  • It explicitly targets reuse of existing language engineering assets across new DSLs.
• T3C: DSLs
  • The intended beneficiaries are domain-specific languages whose definitions are assembled with Melange.

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