Title :
An extensible interpreter for experimentation with the semantics of Prograph
Author :
De Roure, D. ; MacLean, Stuart ; Glaser, Hugh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Sci., Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We describe a prototype tool to assist in the design of the semantics of a visual language based on dataflow, by interpreting an object-oriented representation of a visual program according to a set of semantic rules. The interpreter is written in Scheme and adopts a continuation-passing approach in order to model control flow; it is itself object-oriented and can be readily extended. We use the object-oriented dataflow language Prograph as a case study
Keywords :
data flow computing; functional programming; object-oriented languages; parallel languages; program interpreters; visual languages; Prograph semantics; Scheme; case study; continuation-passing approach; control flow modelling; extensible interpreter; object-oriented dataflow language; object-oriented representation; visual language; Computer languages; Computer science; Concurrent computing; Data structures; Electrical capacitance tomography; Programming environments; Programming profession; Prototypes;
Conference_Titel :
Visual Languages, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Halifax, NS
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8712-6
DOI :
10.1109/VL.1998.706141
