Programming Language Processing (Dagstuhl Seminar 23062)

Michael Pradel, Baishakhi Ray, Charles Sutton, Eran Yahav

Abstract: This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 23062 "Programming Language Processing" (PLP). The seminar brought together researchers and practitioners from three communities-software engineering, programming languages, and natural language processing- providing a unique opportunity for cross-fertilization and inter-disciplinary progress. We discussed machine learning models of code, integrating learning-based and traditional program analysis, and learning from natural language information associated with software. The seminar lead to a better understanding of the commonalities and differences between natural and programming languages, and an understanding of the challenges and opportunities in industry adoption of PLP.