Visual Meta-Programming Notation
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This paper describes a draft of visual notation for meta-programming. The main suggestions of this work include specialized
data structures (lists, tuples, trees), data item associations that provide for creation of arbitrary graphs, visualization of
data structures and data flows, graphical notation for pattern matching (list, tuple, and tree patterns, graphical notation for
context free grammars, streams), encapsulation means for hierarchical rules design, two-dimensional data-flow diagrams for
rules , visual control constructs for conditionals and iteration, default mapping rules to reduce real-estate requirements for
diagrams, and dynamic data attributes.
Two-dimensional data flow diagrams improve readability of a meta-program. The abstract syntax type definitions for
common programming languages and related default mappings (parsing and de-parsing) provide for a practically feasible
reuse of those components.
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