We should Stop Claiming Generality in our Domain-Specific Language Papers
Abstrak
Our community believes that new domain-specific languages should be as general as possible to increase their impact. However, I argue in this essay that we should stop claiming generality for new domain-specific languages. More general domain-specific languages induce more boilerplate code. Moreover, domain-specific languages are co-developed with their applications in practice, and tend to be specific for these applications. Thus, I argue we should stop claiming generality in favor of documenting how domain-specific language based software development is beneficial to the overall software development process. The acceptance criteria for scientific literature should make the same shift: accepting good domain-specific language engineering practice, instead of the next language to rule them all.
Topik & Kata Kunci
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Daco Harkes
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2019
- Bahasa
- en
- Sumber Database
- arXiv
- Akses
- Open Access ✓