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Program Generation and Components

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Formal Methods for Components and Objects (FMCO 2004)

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The first part of the paper gives a brief overview of meta-programming, in particular program generation, and its use in software development. The second part introduces a basic calculus, related to FreshML, that supports program generation (as described through examples and a translation of MetaML into it) and programming in-the-large (this is demonstrated by a translation of CMS into it).

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  1. Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science, CWI, Kruislaan 413, 1098, Amsterdam, SJ, The Netherlands

    Frank S. de Boer

  2. Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9512, 2300, Leiden, RA, The Netherlands

    Marcello M. Bonsangue

  3. Centre Equitation, VERIMAG, 2 Avenue de Vignate, 38610, Grenoble-Gières, France

    Susanne Graf

  4. Institute of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Hermann-Rodewald-Straße 3, 24118, Kiel, Germany

    Willem-Paul de Roever

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Ancona, D., Moggi, E. (2005). Program Generation and Components. In: de Boer, F.S., Bonsangue, M.M., Graf, S., de Roever, WP. (eds) Formal Methods for Components and Objects. FMCO 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3657. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11561163_10

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