The Cecil Language: Specification and Rationale
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The Cecil Language: Specification and Rationale is a technical document by Craig Chambers that introduces and explains the design, features, and motivations behind the Cecil object-oriented programming language.
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| Design and Implementation of the Cecil Language and Type System | 1 |
| The Cecil Language: Specification and Rationale canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: The Cecil Language: Specification and Rationale Context triple: [Craig Chambers, notableWork, The Cecil Language: Specification and Rationale]
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Landin’s SECD machine
Landin’s SECD machine is an early abstract machine for functional programming languages that introduced a systematic model for evaluating expressions using a stack, environment, control, and dump.
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Domain-Specific Languages
Domain-Specific Languages is a technical book by Martin Fowler that explores the design, implementation, and practical use of specialized programming languages tailored to specific problem domains.
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Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages
Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages is an academic conference focused on the practical implementation, application, and evaluation of declarative programming languages and related technologies.
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Rabbit: A Compiler for Scheme (thesis)
"Rabbit: A Compiler for Scheme" is Guy L. Steele Jr.'s influential doctoral thesis that introduced one of the earliest optimizing compilers for the Scheme programming language, helping to establish Scheme as a practical vehicle for language and compiler research.
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Programming Language Design and Implementation
Programming Language Design and Implementation is a premier annual academic conference focusing on research in programming languages and compilers, sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN.
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Target entity: The Cecil Language: Specification and Rationale Target entity description: The Cecil Language: Specification and Rationale is a technical document by Craig Chambers that introduces and explains the design, features, and motivations behind the Cecil object-oriented programming language.
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A.
Landin’s SECD machine
Landin’s SECD machine is an early abstract machine for functional programming languages that introduced a systematic model for evaluating expressions using a stack, environment, control, and dump.
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B.
Domain-Specific Languages
Domain-Specific Languages is a technical book by Martin Fowler that explores the design, implementation, and practical use of specialized programming languages tailored to specific problem domains.
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C.
Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages
Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages is an academic conference focused on the practical implementation, application, and evaluation of declarative programming languages and related technologies.
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D.
Rabbit: A Compiler for Scheme (thesis)
"Rabbit: A Compiler for Scheme" is Guy L. Steele Jr.'s influential doctoral thesis that introduced one of the earliest optimizing compilers for the Scheme programming language, helping to establish Scheme as a practical vehicle for language and compiler research.
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E.
Programming Language Design and Implementation
Programming Language Design and Implementation is a premier annual academic conference focusing on research in programming languages and compilers, sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
computer science publication
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language specification ⓘ technical report ⓘ |
| about | Cecil programming language ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
guide implementers of Cecil compilers and runtimes
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inform the design of future object-oriented languages ⓘ justify the design of the Cecil language ⓘ |
| author | Craig Chambers ⓘ |
| clarifies |
semantics of generic functions in Cecil
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semantics of inheritance and subtyping in Cecil ⓘ semantics of methods and messages in Cecil ⓘ |
| comparesWith | other object-oriented languages ⓘ |
| describes |
design of the Cecil programming language
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features of the Cecil programming language ⓘ |
| documents |
core libraries and abstractions of Cecil
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syntax of the Cecil language ⓘ |
| documentType | research report ⓘ |
| explains |
design rationale for Cecil’s inheritance mechanisms
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design rationale for Cecil’s object model ⓘ design rationale for Cecil’s type system ⓘ motivations behind the Cecil programming language ⓘ trade-offs between flexibility and efficiency in Cecil ⓘ |
| field |
object-oriented programming languages
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programming language design ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
clean and simple object model
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integration of static and dynamic typing features ⓘ support for extensibility and evolution of programs ⓘ support for reusable software components ⓘ |
| intendedFor |
advanced programmers
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graduate students in computer science ⓘ programming language researchers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| provides |
formal description of Cecil language constructs
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informal rationale for Cecil design decisions ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Cecil implementation work at the University of Washington ⓘ |
| topic |
encapsulation mechanisms in Cecil
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genericity and polymorphism in Cecil ⓘ implementation strategies for Cecil ⓘ method lookup and dispatch in Cecil ⓘ modules and namespaces in Cecil ⓘ multiple dispatch ⓘ performance considerations in Cecil ⓘ prototype-based object-oriented programming ⓘ separation of subtyping and code inheritance ⓘ static type checking ⓘ |
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