2nd Workshop on Programming Language Evolution (PLE) 2015 (colocated with ECOOP 2015, Prague, Czech Republic)
http://2015.ecoop.org/track/PLE-2015-papers Call for papers --------------- Programming languages tend to evolve in response to user needs, hardware advances, and research developments. Language evolution artefacts may include new compilers and interpreters or new language standards. Evolving programming languages is however challenging at various levels. Firstly, the impact on developers can be negative. For example, if two language versions are incompatible (e.g., Python 2 and 3) developers must choose to either co-evolve their codebase (which may be costly) or reject the new language version (which may have support implications). Secondly, evaluating a proposed language change is difficult; language designers often lack the infrastructure to assess the change. This may lead to older features remaining in future language versions to maintain backward compatibility, increasing the language's complexity (e.g., FORTRAN 77 to Fortran 90). Thirdly, new language features may interact badly with existing features, leading to unforeseen bugs and ambiguities (e.g., the addition of Java generics). This workshop brings together researchers and developers to tackle the important challenges faced by programming language evolution, to share new ideas and insights, and to advance programming language design. Topics include (but are not limited to): * Programming language and software co-evolution * Empirical studies and evidence-driven evolution * Language-version integration and interoperation * Historical retrospectives and experience reports * Tools and IDE support for source-code mining and refactoring/rejuvenation * Gradual feature introductions (e.g., optional type systems) We are accepting two kinds of submission: * Full papers (maximum 8 pages, ACM SIGPLAN 2 column, 9pt) * Talk abstracts (may include an extended abstract, upto 3 pages in ACM SIGPLAN format). We are proud to be supported by the Software Sustainability Institute (http://software.ac.uk) Submission and publication -------------------------- Please submit your abstracts/papers via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ple15). Papers will be subject to full peer review, and talk abstracts will be subject to light peer-review/selection. Accepted submissions will be published in the ACM DL. Any paper submitted must adhere to ACM SIGPLAN's republication policy. If you have any questions relating to the suitability of a submission please contact the program chairs at pl...@easychair.org. Important dates --------------- All deadlines are 'anywhere-on-Earth'. * Submission: Thursday 2nd April 2015 * Notification: Friday 1st May 2015 * Workshop: Tuesday 7th July 2015 Workshop format --------------- The workshop schedule will comprise presentations given for accepted papers, short talks, and a keynote presentation by Bjarne Stroustrup. Depending on submissions, an afternoon discussion may be included. Workshop organisation --------------------- Program chairs: * Raoul-Gabriel Urma (raoul.u...@cl.cam.ac.uk) * Dominic Orchard (d.orch...@imperial.ac.uk) General chair: * Alan Mycroft Program committee: * Heather Miller (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland) * Sarah Mount (University of Wolverhampton, UK) * Alan Mycroft (University of Cambridge, UK) * Dominic Orchard (co-chair) (Imperial College London, UK) * Jeff Overbey (Auburn University, AL, US) * Max Schaefer (Semmle Ltd., Oxford, UK) * Raoul-Gabriel Urma (co-chair) (University of Cambridge, UK) -- Dr. Sarah Mount, Senior Lecturer, University of Wolverhampton website: http://www.snim2.org/ twitter: @snim2
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