Abstract-Application libraries are the most commonly used implementation approach to solve problems in general-purpose languages. Their competitors are domain-specific languages, which can provide notation close to the problem domain. We carried out an empirical study on comparing domain-specific languages and application libraries regarding program understanding. In this paper, one case study is presented. Over 3000 lines of code were studied and more than 86 pages long questionnaires were answered by end-users, answering questions on learning, perceiving and evolving programs written in domainspecific language as well as general-purpose language using application library. In this paper, we present comparison results on end-users' correctness and consumed time. For domainspecific language and application library same problem domain has been used-a well-known open source graph description language, DOT.
In REF the authors describe an empirical experiment measuring the performance of end-users in three categories: learning, perceiving and evolving programs.
Influence of domain-specific notation to program understanding
2009 International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology
2009 International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology
Computer Science