The Art of the Metaobject Protocol

Professor Gregor Kiczales; Jim Des Rivieres; Daniel G Bobrow
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This book presents a new approach to programming language design, which resolves fundamental tensions between elegance and efficiency. Metaobject protocols are interfaces to the lanaguage that gives users.

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the ability to incrementally modify the language's behavior and implementation, as well as the ability to write programs within the language. In this way, a metaobject protocol allows users to adjust the lanaguage to better suit their needs.