sle2020/paper05

SLE 2020 paper:
Software Language Engineers’ Worst Nightmare

Vadim Zaytsev

• 🏆 IFIP TC2 Manfred Paul Award
• DOI: 10.1145/3426425.3426933
• T1A: Design
  • The main contribution of the paper is to design a language called BabyCobol.
• T3C: DSLs
  • BabyCobol is a domain-specific language.
• T2A: Lifecycle
  • The domain for this language design experience is legacy software.

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