A Comparison of Generative Approaches: XVCL and GenVoca
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We report one of the first comparative studies on two mature approaches to generative programming: XVCL and GenVoca. XVCL is the latest incarnation of Bassett’s frames; GenVoca melds feature modularity with compositional programming. Both approaches explicitly rest on a pair of ideas: (1) parameterized functions return source code and (2) composing such functions synthesizes applications. Although their foundations are identical, XVCL and GenVoca have very different design philosophies. These differences raise an interesting debate on what design methodologies and programming constructs should be used in writing generative programs.
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