Preface
In 2007, I gave a talk about using Boo to build your own domain-specific languages (DSLs) at JAOO (http://jaoo.dk), a software conference in Denmark. I had been working with Boo and creating DSLs since 2005, but as I prepared for the talk, I was surprised to see just how easy it was to build DSLs with Boo. (I find that teaching something gives you a fresh perspective on it.)
That experience, and the audience’s response, convinced me that you don’t have to be a compiler expert or a parser wizard to build your own mini-languages. I realized that I needed to formalize the practices I had been using and make them publicly available.
One of the most challenging problems in the industry today is finding a way of clearly expressing intent ...
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