sle2017/paper09

SLE 2017 paper:
Metacasanova: An Optimized Meta-compiler for Domain-Specific Languages

Francesco Di Giacomo, Mohamed Abbadi, Agostino Cortesi, Pieter Spronck, Giuseppe Maggiore

• DOI: 10.1145/3136014.3136015
• T4C: Vertical Transformation
  • Metacasanova is a meta-compiler for DSLs, focusing on compilation/code generation pipelines.
• T3C: DSLs
  • It targets domain-specific languages and their efficient compilation.
• T5F: Performance
  • The contribution emphasises optimisation and efficiency of the generated artifacts/toolchain.
• T4A: Workbenches
  • As a meta-compiler, it is tooling infrastructure for implementing DSLs.

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