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USTOPIA Requirements -- Thoughts on a User-friendly System for Transformation Of Programs In Abstracto

Boiten, Eerke Albert, van den Brand, M.G.J., van Diepen, N.W.P., Koster, C.H.A., Partsch, H.A., Völker, N. (1992) USTOPIA Requirements -- Thoughts on a User-friendly System for Transformation Of Programs In Abstracto. Periodica Polytechnica: Electrical Engineering, 35 (2). pp. 101-123. ISSN 0324-6000. (KAR id:21080)

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E.A. Boiten , http://adam.fwi.uva.nl/~markvdb/ , http://www.sci.kun.nl/cgi-bin-thalia/smoelfind?medewerkers/niekd.html , http://www.sci.kun.nl/cgi-bin-thalia/smoelfind?medewerkers/kees.html , http://www.informatik.uni-ulm.de/pm/mitarbeiter/helmuth.html & http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/DVT/Mitarbeiter/voelker.html : USTOPIA Requirements - Thoughts on a User-friendly System for Transformation Of Programs In Abstracto Transformational programming is a program development method which is usually applied using ''pen and paper''. Since this requires a lot of clerical work (copying expressions, consistent substitution) which is tiresome and prone to error, some form of machine support is desirable. We describe a number of systems that have already been built to this aim. Some of their shortcomings and limitations are identified. Based on our experience with program transformation and transformation systems, we present a long list of features that would be useful in an ''utopian'' transformation system. This list is presented using an orthogonal division of the problem area. A number of problems with the realisation of some aspects of our ''utopian'' system is identified, and some areas for further research are indicated. Technical Report 90-12, Dept. of Informatics, University of Nijmegen, 1990. Also: Periodica Polytechnica Ser. El. Eng., 35(2):101-123, 1992. Copies available on request by mailto:E.A.Boiten@ukc.ac.uk.

Item Type: Article
Additional information: Also Technical Report 90-12, Dept. of Informatics, University of Nijmegen.
Uncontrolled keywords: transformational programming, transformation systems
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming,
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
Depositing User: Eerke Boiten
Date Deposited: 07 Aug 2009 22:21 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:59 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/21080 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Boiten, Eerke Albert.

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