From bd0ffbcc4e0f7abf5e811850fb9ebd93ca649966 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:10:42 +0100 Subject: Elaborate on DSLs, IDLs, code analysis, etc. --- dsl.mdwn | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 dsl.mdwn (limited to 'dsl.mdwn') diff --git a/dsl.mdwn b/dsl.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..28f70d7d --- /dev/null +++ b/dsl.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!meta title="DSL"]] + +A *DSL* is a *domain-specific language* ([[!wikipedia Domain-specific_language +desc="Wikipedia article"]]). + +Compared to general-purpose programming languages, these are a candidate for +[[open_issues/formal_verification]]. + +DSLs are frequently used as [[IDL]]s for implementing [[RPC]] systems, but can +also used for other portions of the [[kernel]], such as [[capability]] systems. +This is exemplified for [[microkernel/Barrelfish]] in +{{$microkernel/barrelfish#fof_plos09}}, for example. -- cgit v1.2.3