Dynamic applications from the ground up

@inproceedings{citeulike:342274, abstract = {Some Lisp programs such as Emacs, but also the Linux kernel (when fully modularised) are mostly dynamic; i.e., apart from a small static core, the significant functionality is dynamically loaded. In this paper, we explore fully dynamic applications in Haskell where the static core is minimal and code is hot swappable. We demonstrate the feasibility of this architecture by two applications: Yi, an extensible editor, and Lambdabot, a plugin-based IRC robot. Benefits of the approach include hot swappable code and sophisticated application configuration and extension via embedded DSLs. We illustrate both benefits in detail at the example of a novel embedded DSL for editor interfaces.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Stewart, Don and Chakravarty, Manuel M.}, booktitle = {Haskell '05: Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGPLAN workshop on Haskell}, citeulike-article-id = {342274}, doi = {10.1145/1088348.1088352}, isbn = {159593071X}, keywords = {applications, dsl, functional-programming, haskell}, pages = {27--38}, posted-at = {2005-10-06 08:24:31}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM Press}, title = {Dynamic applications from the ground up}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1088348.1088352}, year = {2005} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:342274 L3 - citeulike-article-id:342274 N2 - Some Lisp programs such as Emacs, but also the Linux kernel (when fully modularised) are mostly dynamic; i.e., apart from a small static core, the significant functionality is dynamically loaded. In this paper, we explore fully dynamic applications in Haskell where the static core is minimal and code is hot swappable. We demonstrate the feasibility of this architecture by two applications: Yi, an extensible editor, and Lambdabot, a plugin-based IRC robot. Benefits of the approach include hot swappable code and sophisticated application configuration and extension via embedded DSLs. We illustrate both benefits in detail at the example of a novel embedded DSL for editor interfaces. SN - 159593071X AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 38 TI - Dynamic applications from the ground up PB - ACM Press T2 - Haskell '05: Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGPLAN workshop on Haskell SP - 27 KW - applications KW - dsl KW - functional-programming KW - haskell AU - Stewart, Don AU - Chakravarty, Manuel PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1088348.1088352 ER -