... The syntax of block languages seems to be almost dialects of each other, just implimented in different ways. Right now, all inertia's c++ objects have a...
... Yes, I think Python has introduced too many symbols - slices, keywords, etc. Smalltalk message syntax is self documenting, when I look back at C code like...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the langsmiths group: What is your favorite assignment syntax? o a = b o a := b o a <- b o a: b o a...
langsmiths@yahoogroup...
May 21, 2002 4:06 am
5
... This unification is something I've tried to achieve in both the Perl and Python incarnations of selfish, but I have to say, personally, I -like- the dots...
... While I like the cleanliness of the Smalltalk-style syntax, I agree that having an explicit "message send / slot access" punctuation is reassuring ...
ryan daum
opiate@...
May 23, 2002 6:37 pm
7
Anyone have any wild ideas? Revolutionaries? I fade in and out of different projects, currently my 'Info User Interface' has been on my mind. Here's a...
I'm getting a little further with my gui, and today is a milestone with the 'virtual shelf' workspace. In the video, you'll see the mouse grab a space between...
... I¹m interested in hearing more since a few times now I have met people who are of the opinion that all good things are declarative. As far as I have been...
... From "Advanced Programming Language Design", by Raphael A. Finkel: "Another major paradigm constitutes the declarative languages such as Prolog and Goedel;...
... Thanks. I have read up on Prolog but never used it, and I have never heard of Goedel. Can you make a completely declarative end-to-end application? In...
Actually, functional languages (pure ones) are declarative. Some examples are Haskell and Clean. I put some links about functional programming (including some...
... So I hate to seem simplistic, or overly pragmatic, but what are you trying to solve here? Is it purely a technical exercise or is there a specific ...
... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/langsmiths/message/16 ... Well, that's a reasonable question! And I think there's nothing wrong with being pragmatic. The...
The following langsmiths poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: What is your favorite assignment syntax? CHOICES AND RESULTS - a = b,...
langsmiths@yahoogroup...
Jun 28, 2002 7:39 am
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I'd say it depends on the rest of the language....
Well, I just dove in and studied AOP until it clicked. <click> :) It seems a natural evolution, but is kind of clunky for static languages such as Java or C++....
... I have a lot of material and links about this. ... Many AOP experts would disagree with me, but I think that if you can get by without a "weaver" then you...
In http://groups.yahoo.com/group/langsmiths/message/22 Jecel Assumpcao Jr <jecel@m...> wrote: . . . ... Thank you for articulating the terms in which we can ...
... Yes it does - I was simplifying things quite a bit. In fact, all Prolog systems I have seen (except for Borland's Turbo Prolog) could be considered living...
Hi Members of Langsmiths, My name is Kimanzi Mati and I have invented an object oriented programming language based on the XML version 1.0 specification. The...
I saw this in a newgroup when he first posted it. Why WHY! XML?? XML is great for storing data, but XSLT? x++? Ok, so you can write a language in xml. I...
This is to suggest that writers who write replies not quote the original, unless replying point-by-point. Readers can see the original in the message archive...
... I think Mr. Mati answers that question in the FAQ and lexicon that you can navigate to from the link he posted here. XML goes everywhere. Software will...
... I appreciate the power of this idea and agree languages will move back in this direction. But it also seems to me that the fact that LISP did it in a way...
Just a few weeks ago, in trying to write my ideas about the language I am trying to invent (a tentative name: Respect), I found that in trying to think and...
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