Definition of a Reflective Kernel for a Prototype-Based Language (1993) [6 citations — 1 self]
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author = {Philippe Mulet and Pierre Cointe and Rue Marcel Sembat},
title = {Definition of a Reflective Kernel for a Prototype-Based Language},
year = {1993}
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We present the implementation of Moostrap, a reflective prototype-based language, the interpreter of which is written in Scheme. Moostrap is based on a reduced number of primitives, according to a previous work for defining a taxonomy for prototype-based languages. Our purpose is to reify the behavior of any object through two steps: the slot lookup and its application. The first phase is reified thanks to behavioral metaobjects, and the second is managed by special objects, called slot-executants. This kernel does not handle any implicit delegation at first. However, we introduce it, as a first extension of the basic language using a new behavioral meta-object. Keywords: Prototype, Reflection, Primitive, Slot, Creation, Cloning, Delegation, Extensibility, Behavior, Meta-Object, Self, Smalltalk, Scheme. 1 Introduction Our general area of research is the study of reflection in object-oriented languages (OOLs). We have previously defined a model of behavioral reflection expre...
