To contradictions between wealth and compactness of languages

Author

Prokhorov, V.V.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Math. & Mech., Acad. of Sci., Ekaterinburg

fYear

1994

fDate

22-25 Nov 1994

Firstpage

289

Lastpage

296

Abstract

We describe an approach to the problem of contradiction between the wealth of facilities and the compactness of a language. This approach removes this contradiction by structuring languages. The main idea is to decompose the development task into micro contexts each of which can best be supported with their own micro sub-language. The π-schemes (the family of visual languages) and software complexes PYTHAGORAS and πLOGO are implementation examples. The characteristic features of the software environments are orientation to graphic descriptions of algorithms, functions and syntax, animation, and using the hierarchical multilanguage technology

Keywords

computer aided software engineering; computer animation; computer science education; hypermedia; microprogramming; object-oriented methods; programming environments; specification languages; visual languages; visual programming; π-schemes; πLOGO; PYTHAGORAS; algorithms; animation; decomposed development task; functions; graphic descriptions; hierarchical multilanguage technology; language compactness; language facilities; micro contexts; micro sub-language; software complexes; software environments; structuring languages; syntax; visual languages; Animation; Computer aided software engineering; Graphics; Human computer interaction; Knowledge representation; Laboratories; Magnetic heads; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming; Software engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Education Conference, 1994. Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Dunedin

Print_ISBN

0-8186-5870-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SEDC.1994.475350

Filename

475350