<s>
Language-oriented	B-Application
programming	I-Application
(	O
LOP	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
software-development	O
paradigm	O
where	O
"	O
language	O
"	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
building	O
block	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
status	O
as	O
objects	O
,	O
modules	O
and	O
components	O
,	O
and	O
rather	O
than	O
solving	O
problems	O
in	O
general-purpose	B-Language
programming	I-Language
languages	I-Language
,	O
the	O
programmer	O
creates	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
domain-specific	B-Language
languages	I-Language
(	O
DSLs	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
problem	O
first	O
,	O
and	O
solves	O
the	O
problem	O
in	O
those	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Language-oriented	B-Application
programming	I-Application
was	O
first	O
described	O
in	O
detail	O
in	O
Martin	O
Ward	O
's	O
1994	O
paper	O
Language	B-Application
Oriented	I-Application
Programming	I-Application
,	O
published	O
in	O
Software	O
-	O
Concepts	O
and	O
Tools	O
,	O
Vol.15	O
,	O
No.4	O
,	O
pp	O
147	O
–	O
161	O
,	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
language-oriented	B-Application
programming	I-Application
takes	O
the	O
approach	O
to	O
capture	O
requirements	O
in	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
terms	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
to	O
try	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
implementation	O
language	O
as	O
isomorphic	O
as	O
possible	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
descriptions	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
mapping	O
between	O
requirements	O
and	O
implementation	O
is	O
as	O
direct	O
as	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Racket	B-Operating_System
programming	I-Operating_System
language	I-Operating_System
is	O
designed	O
to	O
support	O
language-oriented	B-Application
programming	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
language	B-Application
workbench	I-Application
tools	O
such	O
as	O
JetBrains	B-Application
MPS	I-Application
,	O
Kermeta	B-Language
,	O
or	O
Xtext	B-Application
provide	O
the	O
tools	O
to	O
design	O
and	O
implement	O
DSLs	O
and	O
language-oriented	B-Application
programming	I-Application
.	O
</s>
