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A Functional Logic Programming Approach to Graphical User Interfaces

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Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages (PADL 2000)

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We show how the features of modern integrated functional logic programming languages can be exploited to implement graphical user interfaces (GUIs) in a high-level declarative style. For this purpose, we have developed a GUI library in Curry, a multi-paradigm language amalgamating functional, logic, and concurrent programming principles. The functional features of Curry are exploited to define the graphical structure of an interface and to implement new graphical abstractions, and the logic features of Curry are used to specify the logical dependencies of an interface. Moreover, the concurrent and distributed features of Curry support the easy implementation of GUIs to distributed systems.

This research has been partially supported by the German Research Council (DFG) under grant Ha 2457/1-1 and by the DAAD under the PROCOPE programme.

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  1. Informatik II, RWTH Aachen, D-52056, Aachen, Germany

    Michael Hanus

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  1. Department of Computer Science New Science Hall, New Mexico State University, Box 30001, MS CS, Stewart Street, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA

    Enrico Pontelli

  2. COPPE/Sistemas e Computação Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Bloco H-319, Cx. Postal 68511, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, CEP:21945-970

    Vítor Santos Costa

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Hanus, M. (1999). A Functional Logic Programming Approach to Graphical User Interfaces. In: Pontelli, E., Santos Costa, V. (eds) Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages. PADL 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1753. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46584-7_4

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