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DSLs, Code Generation, and New Domains for Ruby

Ruby's success in several domains is arguably due to domain-specific languages (DSLs) that generate code: we have tools that generate HTML, CSS, and Javascript, and so we get to write web applications in ruby; ditto SQL and database applications. There are some less well known examples in the simulation and embedded real-time domains, with native code generation. Two other domains are ripe for the same treatment: animation and network programming. My talk focuses on these four cases, two exis... View More
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Jeremy McAnally: Jive Talkin': DSL Design and Construction

This is a talk on DSL purpose, design, and construction. There’s a lot of FUD for and against DSL’s, and hopefully this presentation will cut through a lot of the B.S. and present the costs and benefits in a straightforward and intellectually honest manner with a pinch of sarcastic humor and a dash of LOLCATS. It’ll kick off with a discussion of what a DSL is and isn’t, the distinction between internal and external DSL’s, and what benefits these little languages confer to the users. Next, I’l... View More