UDC 004.43

Maria João Varanda Pereira¹, Marjan Mernik², Daniela da Cruz³, and Pedro
Rangel Henriques³

¹Polytechnic Institute of Bragan¸ca
Campus de Sta. Apol´onia, Apartado 134 - 5301-857, Bragan¸ca, Portugal
mjoao@ipb.pt
²University of Maribor
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Smetanova ul. 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
marjan.mernik@uni-mb.si
³University of Minho - Department of Computer Science,
Campus de Gualtar, 4715-057, Braga, Portugal
{danieladacruz,prh}@di.uminho.pt

Abstract. In the past, we have always looked for program comprehension tools that were able to interconnect operational and behavioral views, aimed at aiding the software analyst to combine problem and program domains in order to reach a full understanding of software systems. In this paper we are concerned with Program Comprehension issues, as applied to Domain Specific Languages (DSLs). We aim at understanding how techniques and tools for the comprehension of traditional programming languages fit into the understanding of DSLs. Being the language tailored for the description of problems within a specific domain. Specific visualizations (at a higher abstraction level, closer to the problem level) could and should be defined to enhance the comprehension of descriptions in that particular domain.