The Art of the Metaobject Protocol

The authors introduce this new approach to programming language design, describe its evolution and design principles, and...
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Author: Gregor Kiczales
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The Art of the Metaobject Protocol by Kiczales, Gregor

The Art of the Metaobject Protocol

$166.04

The Art of the Metaobject Protocol

$166.04
Author: Gregor Kiczales
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The authors introduce this new approach to programming language design, describe its evolution and design principles, and present a formal specification of a metaobject protocol for CLOS.

The CLOS metaobject protocol is an elegant, high-performance extension to the CommonLisp Object System. The authors, who developed the metaobject protocol and who were among the group that developed CLOS, introduce this new approach to programming language design, describe its evolution and design principles, and present a formal specification of a metaobject protocol for CLOS.

Kiczales, des Rivi res, and Bobrow show that the art of metaobject protocol design lies in creating a synthetic combination of object-oriented and reflective techniques that can be applied under existing software engineering considerations to yield a new approach to programming language design that meets a broad set of design criteria.

One of the major benefits of including the metaobject protocol in programming languages is that it allows users to adjust the language to better suit their needs. Metaobject protocols also disprove the adage that adding more flexibility to a programming language reduces its performance. In presenting the principles of metaobject protocols, the authors work with actual code for a simplified implementation of CLOS and its metaobject protocol, providing an opportunity for the reader to gain hands-on experience with the design process. They also include a number of exercises that address important concerns and open issues.

Gregor Kiczales and Jim des Rivi res, are Members of the Research Staff, and Daniel Bobrow is a Research Fellow, in the System Sciences Laboratory at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.



Author: Gregor Kiczales, Jim Des Rivieres, Daniel G. Bobrow
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 07/30/1991
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.98w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780262610742
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Gregor Kiczales is a Member of the Research Staff in the System Sciences Laboratory at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.

Jim des Rivières is a Member of the Research Staff in the System Sciences Laboratory at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.

Daniel G. Bobrow is a Research Fellow in the Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence, and Chair of the Governing Board of the Cognitive Science Society.

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