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An implementation substrate for languages composing modularized crosscutting concerns

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Hans Schippers,

Robert HirschfeldAuthors Info & Claims

SAC '09: Proceedings of the 2009 ACM symposium on Applied Computing

Pages 1944 - 1951

https://doi.org/10.1145/1529282.1529716

Published: 08 March 2009 Publication History

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We present the implementation of several programming languages with support for multi-dimensional separation of concerns (MDSOC) on top of a common delegation-based substrate, which is a prototype for a dedicated MDSOC virtual machine. The supported MDSOC language constructs range from aspects, pointcuts and advice to dynamically scoped and activated layers. The presented language implementations show that the abstractions offered by the substrate are a viable target for high-level language compilers.

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An implementation substrate for languages composing modularized crosscutting concerns
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Compilers
      1. Runtime environments

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