[ [[ChapterTermRewriting][Previous]] | [[Part III][Up]] | [[ChapterInControlOfRewriting][Next]] ] --------+++ Introduction Meta-programs manipulate structured representations (abstract syntax) of programs. The distance between the concrete syntax meta-programmers use to reason about programs and the notation for abstract syntax manipulation provided by general purpose (meta-) programming languages is too large for many applications. In this chapter it is shown how the syntax definition formalism SDF can be employed to fit a meta-programming language with concrete syntax notation for composing and analyzing object programs. As a case study, the addition of concrete syntax to the program transformation language Stratego is presented. The approach is then generalized to arbitrary meta-languages. ---------+++ Preprint * [[http://www.cs.uu.nl/~visser/book/Chapter-6.pdf][Chapter-6.pdf]] * [[http://www.cs.uu.nl/~visser/book/Chapter-6.ps][Chapter-6.ps]]