ECOOP 2008 - Object-Oriented Programming : 22nd European Conference Paphos, Cyprus, July 7-11, 2008, Proceedings

It is a pleasure to present the proceedings of the 22nd European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2008) held in Paphos, Cyprus.

The conference continues to serve a broad object-oriented community with a tech- cal program spanning theory and practice and a healthy mix of industrial and academic participants.

This year a strong workshop and tutorial program c- plementedthemaintechnicaltrack.Wehad13workshopsand8tutorials,aswell as the co-located Dynamic Language Symposium (DLS).

Finally, the program was rounded out with a keynote by Rachid Guerraoui and a banquet speech by James Noble.

As in previous years, two Dahl-Nygaard awards were selected by AITO, and for the ?rst time, the ECOOP Program Committee gave a best paper award.

Theproceedingsinclude27papersselectedfrom138submissions.Thepapers werereviewed in a single-blind process with three to ?ve reviews per paper.

P- liminaryversionsofthereviewsweremadeavailabletotheauthorsaweekbefore the PC meeting to allow for short (500 words or less) author responses.

The - sponses were discussed at the PC meeting and were instrumental in reaching decisions.

The PC discussions followed Oscar Nierstrasz’Champion pattern.

PC papers had ?ve reviews and were held at a higher standard.