Tree representations of programs (Was... Anybody there?)

[samir_sekkat_[samir.sekkat@bigfoot.com]‏]

In article <94ktt7$eao$1...@xsdev1.blackrock.com>, Ira D. Baxter
[idba...@semdesigns.com] says...
> Tree representations (as data structures) of programs are good because they
> organize the program
> according the structure of the programming language phrases.
> (This far better than organizing the program according to text characters).
>

Although I am not a friend of Microsoft, they have developed (but not
marketed as far as I know) a technology based entirely on a tree
representation of programs.

You find more in the US patent 6.097.888
Method and system for reducing a intentional program tree represented by
high level computational constructs

I can send a description of "Intentional Programming" in WinWord format
if someone wants it.

--
Samir Sekkat
Munich, Germany
sse...@gmx.DELETETHIS.de

[ira_d._baxter_[idbaxter@semdesigns.com]‏]

IDEs based on tree representations go way back; there was lots
of fine work at Carnegie Mellon in the early 80s on this.
As usual, way back before Microsoft (re)invented them.

Intentional programming is just a disguise
what is simiply procedural implementation of tree-to-tree rewriting.
(Yes, I've used MS's "intentional programming" tool).

--
Ira D. Baxter, Ph.D. CTO Semantic Designs, Inc.
http://www.semdesigns.com

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