Re: new language syntax

HSM <howard.s.modell@boeing.com>
25 Sep 2001 00:22:02 -0400

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From: HSM <howard.s.modell@boeing.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 25 Sep 2001 00:22:02 -0400
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References: 01-08-138 01-08-144 01-09-097
Keywords: design, history
Posted-Date: 25 Sep 2001 00:22:02 EDT

> > | I am developing the syntax for a language which should [must] be very
> > | suitable for working with sets, collections and other aggregate types.
>
> APL was designed for it.
>
> Scheme macros and higher order programming are also a nice solution
>
> [APL was certainly designed for arrays, but you have to do sets,
> collections &c yourself -John]


Whatever happened to SETL, Dewer's PL for playing with sets?


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