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Intentional Programming is a set of concepts to let software source code reflect the precise information, called intention, which programmers have in mind when conceiving their work. By closely matching the level of abstraction at which programmers think, browsing and maintaining programs becomes easier. The concept and term was introduced by computer scientist Charles Simonyi. He was a long-time Microsoft employee, and led a team at Microsoft Research which developed an Integrated Development Environment called IP that demonstrated these concepts. Microsoft stopped work (development) on IP in the early 2000s. Simonyi left Microsoft to continue IP development, and created a firm to do this.

Subcategories

• Simonyi, Charles
• Source Code Generators

Resources in This Category

• Concept Programming vs. Intentional Programming

  http://mozart-dev.sourceforge.net/cp-vs-ip.html
  Brief comments comparing aspects CP with IP.

• Everyone's a Programmer

  http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/13377/
  Software is collapsing under the weight of its own complexity. Charles Simonyi's solution is programming tools so simple, even laypeople can use them. Technology Review.

• Intentional Programming

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_Programming
  Growing article, with links to many related topics. Wikipedia.

• Intentional Programming

  http://www.lutzroeder.com/paper/
  Papers on the metaprogramming system and former MS research project in which software is viewed as a database and multiple source code representations can be used.

• Intentional Programming: A Talk with Charles Simonyi (The WYSIWYG)

  http://edge.org/digerati/simonyi/simonyi_p1.html
  Deep interview. Edge Foundation.

• Intentional Software Corp.

  http://www.intentsoft.com/
  Software engineering company begun by Charles Simonyi to advance IP; readings, presentations, news. Bellevue, Washington, USA.

• Self-Writing Software

  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1610347,00.asp
  Article describes basics of IP simply. PC Magazine.

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