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We present the implementation of Moostrap, a reflective prototype-based language, the interpreter of which is written in Scheme. Moostrap is based on a reduced number of primitives, according to a previous work for denning a taxonomy for prototype-based languages.
Our purpose is to reify the behavior of any object through two steps: the slot lookup and its application. The first phase is reified thanks to behavioral metaobjects, and the second is managed by special objects, called slot-executants.
This kernel does not handle any implicit delegation at first. However, we introduce it, as a first extension of the basic language using a new behavioral meta-object.
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Mulet, P., Cointe, P. (1993). Definition of a reflective kernel for a prototype-based language. In: Nishio, S., Yonezawa, A. (eds) Object Technologies for Advanced Software. ISOTAS 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 742. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57342-9_70
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