Re: Dynamic Language (grammar)

Martin Rodgers <mcr@wildcard.demon.co.uk>
5 Aug 2000 21:32:48 -0400

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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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