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SUMMARY:Adapting and assembling components using Cake\, a language of inte
 rface relations - Stephen Kell (University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20101007T150000Z
DTEND:20101007T160000Z
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CONTACT:Eiko Yoneki
DESCRIPTION:There is little tool support for composing software components
  whose interfaces do not match\, yet this arises often. Observing the typi
 cal benefits and drawbacks of glue coding\, I will outline the design of C
 ake\, a rule-based language for describing black-box compositions of nativ
 e binary components whose interfaces do not match. I will discuss briefly 
 the implementation of the Cake compiler\, which generates adaptation logic
 \, and the Cake runtime\, which addresses binary compatibility issues. Fin
 ally I will describe experiences applying Cake to three real use-cases dra
 wn from open-source code\, illustrating how the Cake code is shorter\, sim
 pler and better modularised than conventional implementations.\n \nThis is
  a practice talk for SPLASH / OOPSLA 2010.\n
LOCATION:FW26\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Builiding
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