sle2024/slebok2

SLE 2024 body of knowledge paper:
Design of Software Representation Languages: A Historical Perspective

Anthony Ira Wasserman

• DOI: 10.1145/3687997.3695649
• T1A: Design
  • It discusses design choices and guidelines for notations and representation languages used to develop software.
• T2B: Evolution
  • The historical narrative connects language proliferation to long-term maintenance and legacy-system pressures.
• T2E: Documentation
  • Representation notations are treated as artifacts that document programs and enable communication about software.
• T6D: Synergies
  • As an SLEBoK-style essay, it synthesises perspectives across communities and time periods.

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