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Summary Terence Parr discusses using automation tools including DSLs to automate the software creation process as much as possible in order to increase output, effectiveness, correctness and velocity.

Bio Terence Parr is a professor of computer science and graduate program director at the University of San Francisco, where he works on his ANTLR parser generator and template engine, and he held various technical positions at companies such as IBM, Lockheed Missiles and Space, NeXT, and Renault Automation. He is the author of "Language Implementation Patterns" and "The Definitive ANTLR Reference".

About the conference The Code Generation conference is Europe's leading event on Domain-Specific Languages, Model-Driven Software Development and Language Workbenches. The event has a strong practical focus on sharing experiences of what does and doesn't work.