Ruby Sig: How To Design A Domain Specific Language

Google Tech Talks
October 5, 2006

David Pollak has been developing commercial software for 28 years. He founded Athena Design and wrote Mesa, the first real-time spreadsheet. David wrote Integer, the first online, collaborative spreadsheet. Since 2000, David has been developing domain specific languages for security and general web development.

ABSTRACT
David will describe a framework for developing DSLs which includes: * Identifying the constituents in a development project; * Determining the costs and benefits of a DSL for a particular constituency vs. hand-coding functionality for that constituency based on interviews and specs; * Identifying the 'thought leader' in a given...

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[hunjfuu]

This talk was a HUGE disappointment. He droned on far too long on a few key theoretical points, and then when it came time to show a practical example, he shows XML that he ADMITS IS CRAP and NO RUBY!! Why the hell did you mislead everyone by titling this talk RUBY! Thanks for wasting my time.

[Tia1ko]

@hunjfuu: Because it took place on a Ruby SIG meeting, dumbhead? Surprisingly, there are also non-Ruby talks on Ruby conferences.

[F00dTube]

Interesting talk. Only too bad this guy can't get over his silly anti-ms sentiments.