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| Re: Dynamic Language (grammar) mcr@wildcard.demon.co.uk (Martin Rodgers) (2000-08-05) |
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| From: | Martin Rodgers <mcr@wildcard.demon.co.uk> |
| Newsgroups: | comp.compilers |
| Date: | 5 Aug 2000 21:32:48 -0400 |
| Organization: | The Wildcard Killer Butterfly Breeding Ground |
| References: | 00-07-094 00-08-008 |
| Keywords: | syntax |
Voice in the desert: Quiet, isn't it, jimbo@radiks.net?
> [As I noted in an earlier message, languages with extensible syntax were
> in vogue 30 years ago. It's technically not hard, what's hard is to
> find a practical use for it. -John]
Lisp programmers find a use for it every day.
Paul Graham wrote an entire book about it:
http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/onlisp/onlisp/
As for practicallity, judge for yourself. Paul Graham used Lisp to
create the technology behind his company, Viaweb.
http://www.viaweb.com
http://www.paulgraham.com/bio.html
http://internet.idg.net/crd_yahoo_22266.html
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