[aosd-discuss] An attempt at defining AOSD

[srinivas nedunuri]

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--- Albertina Lourenci <lourenci at lsi.usp.br> wrote:
> 
> 
> Pascal Costanza wrote:
> 
> Dear Pascal:
> 
> Hope all is well with you! Attached is a chapter of my Scientific
> REport III  Devising a generative morphodynamic level
> which will be available in my home pages soon!
> entitled Does Aspect Oriented Programming make sense?
> Right now I am browsing papers specifically about generative
> programming! And curiously most papers are about AOP!!!!
> 
> First of all generative means to start from scratch in the case
> early aspect  better early concerns and goes down to the code!
> I would love to start a discussion about this, because if computer
> scientists refuse I will continue the discussion with my graduate
> students that are architects, green architects. I hope I will be able
> to infuse them love towards mankind and Mother Earth
> This love will trigger the necessary courage to defeat industry
> and commerce that force upon human scientists and  artists
> languages that fit within the framework of Brown Agenda, ignoring
> what it means Green Agenda or generative morphodynamic level!
> Sorry for stating things so blatantly but I have been patient for decades!
> Not it is time to act locally, in the realm of architects and think
> globally!
> Of course if computer scientists become aware of this, we will save
> the whales faster! I will die smiling for having helped to create a better
> world!
> 
> BEst sustainable wishes for all of us!
> Albertina
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I don't know if people still care about finding a good definition for
> > AOSD or if this is regarded as a non-issue. However, I have found Robert
> > Filman's characterization (AOP = quantification + obliviousness) to be a
> > good working definition, despite of its shortcomings, because I haven't
> > found anything better yet.
> >
> > Now here is a suggestion for a definition that IMHO should capture the
> > essence of most AOSD approaches and delimits AOSD from non-AOP "stuff".
> > Here it goes.
> >
> > =================================
> > An aspect-oriented approach consists of two ingredients:-
> > 1) declarative reasoning about the boundaries inherent in a given
> structure
> > 2) (re)combination of the units defined by these boundaries
> > =================================
> >
> > Note that this definition does not talk about "programming"; this is
> > intentional. The "given structure" in a code-centric approach is, of
> > course, the program and the "units defined by the boundaries" are for
> > example methods and fields in the case of object-oriented programs.
> >
> > So an "instance" of this definition specialized for programming would be:
> >
> > =================================
> > Aspect-oriented programming consists of two ingredients:-
> > 1) declarative reasoning about the boundaries inherent in a program, for
> > example method and field boundaries
> > 2) (re)combination [*] of the the units defined by these boundaries, for
> > example methods and fields
> > =================================
> >
> > However, I think this definition can also be applied to AO approaches
> > that deal with non-OOP programming languages (both imaginary and real,
> > like AspectC). I am pretty sure that it can also be applied to
> > aspect-oriented analysis, design, etc. You can "instantiate" the
> > definition by just stating what the structure and the boundaries and/or
> > units are in a particular approach.
> >
> > Does this make sense?
> >
> > All the best,
> > Pascal
> >
> > [*] The word "combination" should be reminiscent of the concept of
> > method combinations in CLOS.
> >
> > --
> > Pascal Costanza               University of Bonn
> > mailto:costanza at web.de        Institute of Computer Science III
> > http://www.pascalcostanza.de  Römerstr. 164, D-53117 Bonn (Germany)
> >
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