Influence of domain-specific notation to program understanding
| Autor: | Pedro Rangel Henriques, Daniela da Cruz, Matej Črepinšek, Marjan Mernik, Tomaz Kosar, Nuno Oliveira, Maria João Varanda Pereira |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade do Minho |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Domain-specific language
Correctness Source lines of code Computer science business.industry Programming language 020207 software engineering Domain specific languages 02 engineering and technology computer.software_genre Notation Language usability Domain (software engineering) Empirical research 020204 information systems Problem domain 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Graph (abstract data type) Artificial intelligence General purpose languages business computer Natural language processing |
| Zdroj: | IMCSIT |
| Popis: | Application libraries are the most commonly used implementation approach to solve problems in general-purpose languages. Their competitors are domain-specific languages, which can provide notation close to the problem domain. We carried out an empirical study on comparing domain-specific languages and application libraries regarding program understanding. In this paper, one case study is presented. Over 3000 lines of code were studied and more than 86 pages long questionnaires were answered by end-users, answering questions on learning, perceiving and evolving programs written in domain-specific language as well as general-purpose language using application library. In this paper, we present comparison results on end-users' correctness and consumed time. For domain-specific language and application library same problem domain has been used-a well-known open source graph description language (undefined) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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