Dear Readers,
continuing the tradition started with OOPS (Object-Oriented Programming
Languages) at SAC (Symposium on Applied Computing) 2004, this
special issue hosts extended versions of papers already published in the
ACM proceedings
of SAC 2005.
The OOPS track promotes extensions and enhancements to the main-stream
object-oriented languages and standard systems, and solicits
contributions on design, theoretical, and architectural aspects
covering a large spectrum
of topics, including, programming abstractions, advanced type
mechanisms and type safety, multi-paradigm features, language
features in support
of open systems, aspect-oriented and component-based programming,
reflection, and program structuring and modularity.
At OOPS 2005 six papers were selected for publication and for
presentation, with an acceptance rate around 37%; between
them, four papers were selected and their authors were invited
to submit a journal version.
Furthermore, two other papers were selected from the PL (Programming
Languages) track at the same conference, because of their
relevance with respect
to OOPS topics, and their interesting and original content.
The papers underwent a rigorous review process, and each
was assigned to two expert reviewers whose main aim was
to ensure the good quality of the papers, and the presence of
some extra contribution with
respect to the corresponding conference papers.
Last but not least, I am in debt to the authors who submitted
their contributions, and grateful to the OOPS 2005 program
committee and the external referees of the journal papers
for their high quality reviews.
The third edition of OOPS special track at SAC 2006 will
be held in Dijon, France, on April 13--17, 2006.
Kind regards,
Davide Ancona |

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