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Introduction to the GiNaC Framework for Symbolic Computation within the C++ Programming Language

2002

AbstractThe traditional split into a low level language and a high level language in the design of computer algebra systems may become obsolete with the advent of more versatile computer languages. We describe GiNaC, a special-purpose system that deliberately denies the need for such a distinction. It is entirely written in C++and the user can interact with it directly in that language. It was designed to provide efficient handling of multivariate polynomials, algebras and special functions that are needed for loop calculations in theoretical quantum field theory. It also bears some potential to become a more general purpose symbolic package.

Computer Science - Symbolic ComputationI.1.3FOS: Computer and information sciencesFor loopTheoretical computer scienceAlgebra and Number TheoryFOS: Physical sciencesI.1.1; I.1.3Symbolic Computation (cs.SC)Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)Symbolic computationI.1.1High Energy Physics - PhenomenologyComputational MathematicsHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)General purposeHigh-level programming languageSpecial functionsFourth-generation programming languagePhysics - Computational PhysicsC programming languageLow-level programming languageMathematicsJournal of Symbolic Computation

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Automated source code transformations on fourth generation languages

2004

To control the operation of large application suites or to tailor a special purpose application to particular need, developers frequently use application specific languages, such as batch, scripting, and query languages. These languages which are also referred to as fourth generation languages (4GLs) therefore play an important role in today's economy. Incompatibilities between different versions of 4GLs and changing requirements may make massive changes on a company's library of 4GL programs necessary. Here, we explore possibilities for performing mass changes on 4GLs and show how the transformation of programs written in 4GLs compares to the transformation of mainstream programming langua…

Domain-specific languageComputer scienceProgramming languagebusiness.industryComparison of multi-paradigm programming languagesSecond-generation programming languageOntology languageQuery languagecomputer.software_genreThird-generation programming languageFourth-generation programming languageFifth-generation programming languageSoftware engineeringbusinesscomputerEighth European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering, 2004. CSMR 2004. Proceedings.

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Usability of Programming Languages

2016

Programming languages form the interface between programmers (the users) and the computation that they desire the computer to execute. Although studies exist for some aspects of programming language design (such as conditionals), other aspects have received little or no human factors evaluations. Designers thus have little they can rely on if they want to make new languages highly usable, and users cannot easily chose a language based on usability criteria. This SIG will bring together researchers and practitioners interested in increasing the depth and breadth of studies on the usability of programming languages, and ultimately in improving the usability of future languages. nonPeerReviewed

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Another defence of enumerated types

1991

I claim that enumerations, while of course not strictly necessary, are an elegant and useful facility in modern programming languages. I try to show that arguments recently given against them are weak at best and bogus a t worst, for general-purpose programming. Some related issues on types in programming languages are touched as well. These make it even more questionable whether Oberon marks progress or regress in language design.

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Use of a Semantic Language to Reduce the Indeterminacy in Agents Communication

2014

In the field of agent communications uncertainty and vagueness in the message content and in the achievable results play a primordial role when two agents (human or artificial) communicate. Even though the importance of vagueness and uncertainty has been recognized long ago, only recently mechanisms related to the communications’ semantics that allow a practical approach have been designed; more specifically, the development of tools such as agent programming languages and frameworks, which is a field of intensive research. On the other hand, recent theoretical ideas, drawn from situation semantics theory and the works of Sutton on semantic information, support this work. This paper applies…

ta113business.industryComputer scienceVaguenessSemanticsOperational semanticscommunications semanticsSoftware agentWell-founded semanticsHuman–computer interactionmulti-agent systems programming languageFourth-generation programming languageArtificial intelligenceFifth-generation programming languageta518businessProgramming language theory

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