Why Programming Environments Need Dynamic Data Types

1 September 1981

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Vol. SE-7 (5) , 451-457
https://doi.org/10.1109/tse.1981.230853

Abstract

Data abstraction is a powerful source of program structure and abstraction. There is nothing about it, or the reasons why it works, which restricts it to static applications. Programming environments (PE's) especially need to use data types dynamically, since it is their function to support the programmer in all phases of work with a program. Thus, the PE must proceed smoothly from definition to use to editing of a type.

Keywords

PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS
DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING
RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT
PROGRAMMING PROFESSION
DATA STRUCTURES
SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
CONTRACTS
STRESS
PROGRAM PROCESSORS
RUNTIME LIBRARY

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