Language and compiler support for mixin programming

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dc.contributor.advisorLin, Yun Calvinen
dc.creatorCardone, Richard Josephen
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-18T20:58:33Zen
dc.date.available2011-04-18T20:58:33Zen
dc.date.issued2002-05en
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractThe need to reduce the cost of software development and maintenance has been a constant and overriding concern since the advent of electronic computing. The difficulty, and therefore the expense, in programming large software applications is due to the complex interactions and interdependencies in application code. These interdependencies increase costs by making code hard to understand, hard to change, and hard to reuse. For over a half century, the need to reduce code complexity has been the driving force behind the trend to program at higher levels of abstraction with increased code modularity. This dissertation takes a step towards increasing code modularity by showing that mixin generic types can be used effectively to build applications from reusable software components. First, we address issues of language definition and integration. We show how mixins can be integrated into a modern programming language to support a methodology of incremental software construction. We viii identify novel language and compiler features that make programming with mixins convenient and efficient. Second, we address issues of implementation and evaluation. We implement a critical subset of mixin language support in a compiler. We then use our compiler to show that mixins increase code reuse compared to current technologies; to show that application development and maintenance can be simplified using mixins; and to show that our novel language features simplify mixin programming. In addition, we discuss language implementation issues and define a new design pattern useful in mixin programming.
dc.description.departmentComputer Sciencesen
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/10938en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en
dc.rights.restrictionRestricteden
dc.subjectComputer software--Developmenten
dc.subjectCompilers (Computer programs)en
dc.subjectProgramming languages (Electronic computers)en
dc.titleLanguage and compiler support for mixin programmingen
thesis.degree.departmentComputer Sciencesen
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Sciencesen
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austinen
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen

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