Open implementation
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In computing
, open implementation platforms
are systems where the implementation is accessible. Open implementation allows developers of a program to alter pieces of the underlying software to fit their specific needs. With this technique it is far easier to write general tools, though it makes the programs themselves more complex to design and use.
There are also open language implementations, which make aspects of the language implementation accessible to application programmers.
Open implementation is not to be confused with open source
, which allows users to change implementation source code, rather than using existing application programming interface
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Computing
Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology...
, open implementation platforms
Platform (computing)
A computing platform includes some sort of hardware architecture and a software framework , where the combination allows software, particularly application software, to run...
are systems where the implementation is accessible. Open implementation allows developers of a program to alter pieces of the underlying software to fit their specific needs. With this technique it is far easier to write general tools, though it makes the programs themselves more complex to design and use.
There are also open language implementations, which make aspects of the language implementation accessible to application programmers.
Open implementation is not to be confused with open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
, which allows users to change implementation source code, rather than using existing application programming interface
Application programming interface
An application programming interface is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other...
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See also
- Aspect-oriented programmingAspect-oriented programmingIn computing, aspect-oriented programming is a programming paradigm which aims to increase modularity by allowing the separation of cross-cutting concerns...
for a successor concept in research - Metaobject protocol for the primary implementation means
- Software architectureSoftware architectureThe software architecture of a system is the set of structures needed to reason about the system, which comprise software elements, relations among them, and properties of both...
for organization of software in general