Gregor Kiczales
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The Art of the Metaobject Protocol
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The challenge is to design a metaobject protocol that is both powerful and easy to use.
Metaobject protocols have the potential to revolutionize the way we think about programming languages.
A good metaobject protocol should be flexible enough to accommodate a variety of programming styles.
Understanding metaobject protocols can lead to more expressive and powerful programming languages.
The design of a metaobject protocol is a balance between complexity and usability.
A metaobject protocol is a set of conventions that allows programmers to customize the behavior of their programming language.
The power of a metaobject protocol lies in its ability to change the semantics of a language.
By using a metaobject protocol, we can create new abstractions that make our programs easier to understand.
The goal of this book is to provide a framework for understanding and building metaobject protocols.
Metaobject protocols allow us to reflect on the structures of our programs.