Report Number: CS-TR-81-838
Institution: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science
Title: Dynamic program building
Author: Brown, Peter
Date: February 1981
Abstract: This report argues that programs are better regarded as dynamic running objects rather than as static textual ones. The concept of dynamic building, whereby a program is constructed as it runs, is described. The report then describes the Build system, which is an implementation of dynamic building for an interactive algebraic programming language. Dynamic building aids the locating of run-time errors, and is especially valuable in environments where programs are relatively short but run-time errors are frequent and/or costly.
http://i.stanford.edu/pub/cstr/reports/cs/tr/81/838/CS-TR-81-838.pdf