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This paper is based on the author's experience in constructing an implementation of the Interface Description Language (IDL). The result of this experience was some insights into language design, human interfaces, and system structuring, as well as methodologies for the composition of complex tools. Certain complexities of the IDL implementation are discussed in this paper, showing that quite efficient implementaions are possible. Finally, a set of interesting directions for IDL and IDL-derived systems are suggested, including programming environment and database related work.
This work was sponsored by the Department of Defense. The views and conclusions in this document are those of the author and should not be interpreted as representing official policies, either expressed or implied, of the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie-Mellon University, the Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.
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Newcomer, J.M. (1987). IDL: Past experience and new ideas. In: Conradi, R., Didriksen, T.M., Wanvik, D.H. (eds) Advanced Programming Environments. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 244. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-17189-4_103
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