In terms of Language Support, this was such an important paper OMG!

---[ABOUT PAPER]:

The core idea in this paper is to take a carefully/specifically re-engineered DSL language specification (syntax and semantics), and leveraging a framework/approach such as has been used in this project Proof-of-concept via the GEMOC language workbench [1], auto-generate an interactive computer programming environment (ICPE) for the language.

Such an ICPE it has been argued, can help both beginner and advanced users of the language to better explore or learn with it via explorative, interactive, context-free programming sessions in the language such as is possible when programming using a REPL or with ICPEs in the form of IDE language shells (e.g. in Eclipse) or executable Notebooks (e.g. Jupyter's) [1].


3 DSLs were explored while implementing the PoC for this project; Logo, MiniJava and ThingML [1]. We also learn that the approach used required that the DSL or language to be thus transformed needed to have its interpreter modified to support a REPL execution mode, but also that its syntax needed to be tweaked such that partial programs (e.g. 1 statement programs) can be successfully or meaningfully run.

Overall, it is a very informative paper concerning the use of language workbenches, the now common idea of REPL-mode execution even for major GPLs (Java, C#, Python, Ruby, etc mentioned), and interactive executable documents (or rather ICPEs) that would help make a language not only more portable (e.g an originally server-side language being readily run in a web-browser), but also platform agnostic (at least for modified, smaller variants of a large, complex language).


---[CRITICISM of PAPER]:

None really. The paper is surely worth its two ACM stamps of authority.


---[REFS]:

1. Jeanjean, Pierre, Benoit Combemale, and Olivier Barais. "From DSL specification to interactive computer programming environment." Proceedings of the 12th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering. 2019. URL: https://inria.hal.science/hal-02307953/document

2. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vLbmGW0AAAAJ&hl=fr

3. https://people.irisa.fr/Benoit.Combemale/

4. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VCAbjVYAAAAJ



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@article{lutalo-2025,
 author = {Lutalo, Joseph Willrich},
 journal = {mak},
 month = {3},
 title = {{Written Interview for Python Software Engineer, Commercial Systems position at Canonical}},
 year = {2025},
 url = {https://www.academia.edu/resource/work/128155827},
}

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