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The value of computational reflection has been explored in a number of programming language efforts. The major claim of this paper is that an ostensibly broader view of reflection, which we call implementational reflection, can be applied to the design of other kinds of systems, accruing the same benefits that arise in the programming language case. The domain of window systems in general, and the Silica window system in particular are used to illustrate how reflection can be applied more broadly. Silica is a CLOS-based window system that is a part of the Common Lisp Interface Manager, an emerging user interface programming standard for Common Lisp.
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Rao, R. (1991). Implementational reflection in Silica. In: America, P. (eds) ECOOP'91 European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming. ECOOP 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 512. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0057026
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