The edited (sound) recording of the Code Generation 2007 panel - UML vs. Domain-Specific Languages - a false dichotomy? is now available at

http://www.codegeneration.net/audio/cgn-episode1.mp3 (MP3 29.4 Mb)

I haven’t set up proper audio feeds yet but will get around to that when I have edited the other two recordings that were made at the conference.

Follow-up discussion is (or will be) going on in the Code Generation Network Forums.

This lively panel considered the use of general purpose modelling languages vs. Domain-Specific Languages. When do the benefits of bespoke domain languages outweigh the advantages of using universally understood notations? Are the two approaches really in competition, or can they co-exist?

The panel was moderated by Andrew Watson, Vice President and Technical Director of Object Management Group. Panel members were Tony Clark (Xactium), Steve Cook (Microsoft), Matthew Fowler (NT/e), Allan Kennedy (Kennedy Carter) and Juha-Pekka Tolvanen (Metacase).