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The “Oslo” Modeling Language
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The “Oslo” Modeling Language

by David Langworthy, Brad Lovering, Don Box
October 2008
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
208 pages
3h 1m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 1. Introduction to “M”

The “Oslo” Modeling Language (M) is a modern, declarative language for working with data. M lets users write down how they want to structure and query their data using a convenient textual syntax that is convenient to both author and read.

M does not mandate how data is stored or accessed, nor does it mandate a specific implementation technology. Rather, M was designed to allow users to write down what they want from their data without having to specify how those desires are met against a given technology or platform. That stated, M in no way prohibits implementations from providing rich declarative or imperative support for controlling how M constructs are represented and executed in a given environment.

M builds ...

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