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USENIX Technical Program - Abstract - Domain-Specific Languages 99

Domain Specific Embedded Compilers

Daan Leijen and Erik Meijer, University of Utrecht

Abstract

Domain-specific embedded languages (DSELs) expressed in higher-order, typed (HOT) languages provide a composable framework for domain-specific abstractions. Such a framework is of greater utility than a collection of stand-alone domain-specific languages. Usually, embedded domain specific languages are build on top of a set of domain specific primitive functions that are ultimately implemented using some form of foreign function call. We sketch a general design pattern for embedding client-server style services into Haskell using a domain specific embedded compiler for the server's source language. In particular we apply this idea to implement Haskell/DB, a domain specific embdedded compiler that dynamically generates of SQL queries from monad comprehensions, which are then executed on an arbitrary ODBC database server.
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