Invited application paper: program generation considered easy

摘要: Programmers frequently write program generators using the simple model of programs as text. The essence this approach is its lack structure. For reason, it gets no respect from academic researchers. But flip side lacking structure freedom restrictions. We argue that latter important, and perhaps essential, in finding a willing audience for generation among working programmers. Jumbo system producing run-time generators, which designed to offer programmer "programs strings" great an extent possible, though some constraints are inevitable. show by several examples these still allow both natural powerful model. then discuss how taken Jumbo, possessing less than competing methods, raises scientific problems ought be interest researchers area.