Hyper-Code Revisited: Unifying Program Source, Executable, and Data

Abstract. The technique of hyper-programming allows program representations held in a persistent store to contain embedded links to persistent code and data. In 1994, Connor et al proposed extending this to hyper-code, in which program source, executable code and data are all represented to the user in exactly the same form. Here we explore the concept of hyper-code in greater nd present a set of abstract language-independent operations on which various concrete systems can be based. These operations (explode, implode, evaluate, root and edit) are provided by a single user interface tool that subsumes the functions of both an object browser and a program editor. We then describe a particular implementation using PJama (persistent Java) and examine the impact of several language features on the resulting system.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: POS
• Authors: Evangelos Zirintsis, Graham N. C. Kirby, Ronald Morrison
• Keywords: Abstract Language-independent Operations, Allows Program Representations, Persistent Code, POS 2000, Programming Languages