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International Symposium on Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering

GCSE 1999: Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering pp 91–104Cite as

Vanilla: an open language framework

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A trend in current research is towards component-based systems, where applications are built by combining re-usable fragments or components. In this paper we argue the case for building programming languages from components. We describe Vanilla, a component-based architecture for language tools. The core of Vanilla is a set of components, each implementing the type checking and behaviour of a single language feature, which are integrated within a well-structured frame-work to provide a programming language interpreter. Features may be extensively re-used across a variety of languages, allowing rapid prototyping and simplifying the exploration of new constructs. We describe the design and implementation of the system, and draw some general conclusions from the experience of building with components.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

    Simon Dobson, Paddy Nixon, Vincent Wade, Sotirios Terzis & John Fuller

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  1. Software Engineering Lab, DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology, Wilhelm-Runge-Str. 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany

    Krzysztof Czarnecki

  2. University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Zweibrücken Amerikastraße 1, 66482, Zweibrücken, Germany

    Ulrich W. Eisenecker

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Dobson, S., Nixon, P., Wade, V., Terzis, S., Fuller, J. (2000). Vanilla: an open language framework. In: Czarnecki, K., Eisenecker, U.W. (eds) Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering. GCSE 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1799. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-40048-6_8

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