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Compiler aspects of an environment for programming by demonstration

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Visualization in Programming (IPsy 1986)

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This paper describes the compiler aspects of ThinkPad, a graphical environment for programming by demonstration. We present a model for programming by demonstration, and describe the support provided for the model. This support includes a semantics-based editing environment, an intermediate representation in which editing activity is reflected, and a set of procedures for mapping the intermediate representation into an executable language.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Brown University, 02912, Providence, Rhode Island

    Robert V. Rubin, Steven P. Reiss & Eric J. Golin

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  1. Robert V. Rubin
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Peter Gorny Michael J. Tauber

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Rubin, R.V., Reiss, S.P., Golin, E.J. (1987). Compiler aspects of an environment for programming by demonstration. In: Gorny, P., Tauber, M.J. (eds) Visualization in Programming. IPsy 1986. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 282. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-18507-0_13

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