METROLHO, José [et al.] - A target environment programming language to improve developer's productivity: a case study. In International Conference on Applied Computer Science, Malta, 15-17 Setembro. Malta: WSEAS, 2010. p. 530-533
Title
A target environment programming language to improve developer's productivity: a case study
Subject
Compilers and interpreters Embedded systems Programming languages
This paper presents a target-specific programming
language (TSL) that was designed to improve the design cycle of
code generation for an industrial embedded system. The native
assembly code, the new language structure and their constructs, are
presented in the paper. The proposed TSL is expressed using words
and terms that are related to the target’s domain and consequently it
is now easier to program, understand and to validate the desired code.
It is also demonstrated the language efficiency by comparing some
code described using the new language against the previous used
code. The design cycle is improved with the usage of the TSL
because description time and debug time are significantly reduced
with this new software tool. This is also a case of university-industry
partnership.
