"Multi-language Code Generation for Computational Workflows" book

This repository has chapters, code, and organizational materials for the (very technical) book "Multi-language Code Generation for Computational Workflows".

The book is not finished yet -- it is a work in progress...

Mission statement

To describe how from natural and programing languages specifications to make parsers and interpreters for the generation of actionable or executable code.

The approach in brief

We develop and utilize Domain Specific Languages (DSLs) for natural language workflows.

For the target computational workflows we assume the existence of packages that provide monadic programming pipelines for the workflows.

We have parsers for DSLs that interpret DSL sentences (commands) into code for targeted (monadic) packages.

Programming languages

Parsers and interpreters: Raku, Wolfram Language (WL).
Computational workflows: Julia, Python, R, WL.

Exposition plan

More or less a "standard" exposition plan is followed:

Motivation
- (Why we care? What we try to accomplish?)
Brief overview
- Approach taken
- Functionalities or challenges to address
- Limitations
How the parsers are made?
How the interpreters are made?
Special efforts and use cases
Future work
- And how to redo the whole thing