====== EMF is social software ======

What I realized at EclipseCon:  EMF is firstmost social software.  Fundamentally, it's a better JavaBeans with a performant reflective API.  

Oh--and unlike java.lang.reflect, they **encourage** you to use the reflective API.

Not surprisingly, the result is that EMF has become the seed out of which a whole lot of really cool meta programming tools have sprung:

  * Graphical modeling tools
  * External DSL creation tools
  * Code templating engines and code generators
  * Much more...

IMO, that is both the simplicity and genius of EMF.


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