Design and Implementation of Component-Oriented Programming Languages

University Of California-Irvine, Irvine CA

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Abstract

A thorough investigation of componene-oriented programming languages is undertaken that entails (a) designing a component-oriented language, (b) implementing it efficiently on modern computer architectures, and (c) ensuring its applicability through case studies. Design of the new language entails evaluating the suitability of existing programming-language concepts for component-oriented programming, specifying and evaluating new programming-language features, and integrating the new and the old into a coherent new language. Implementation involves assessing existing compiler technology, proposing, building, and evaluating new compiler mechanisms, and merging them into an efficient compiler and runtime system. Finally, to ensure the language's applicability, a variety of case studies are designed and implemented and the resulting systems compared to more traditional solutions.