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MELDing data flow and object-oriented programming

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Gail E. Kaiser,

David GarlanAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 22, Issue 12

Pages 254 - 267

https://doi.org/10.1145/38807.38830

Published: 01 December 1987 Publication History

Abstract

MELD combines concepts from data flow and object-oriented programming languages in a unique approach to tool reusability. MELD provides three units of abstraction — equations, classes and features — that together allow sufficient options for granularity and encapsulation to support the implementation of reusable tools and the composition of existing tools in parallel (i.e., interleaved) as well as in series.

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MELDing data flow and object-oriented programming
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features
      2. Language types
        Data flow languages

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ACM SIGPLAN Notices Volume 22, Issue 12

Dec. 1987

493 pages

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DOI:10.1145/38807

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OOPSLA '87: Conference proceedings on Object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications
December 1987
493 pages
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