Re: .NET Compiler for Interactive Fiction

tj bandrowsky <tbandrow@unitedsoftworks.com> wrote:
>
> > It sounds like what you want is a macro system, that takes a domain-
> > specific syntax and expands it into C# code.
>
> See I don't know that he wants a code expander and the idea of
> writing his own compiler to the CLR is rather intriguing. If
> anything, his DSL would not be limited in a lot of ways because he
> could easily expose the entire .NET framework to developers using
> his DSL.


That's not quite what I'm suggesting. I am suggesting writing a macro
package that embeds a domain-specific sublanguage into C#. Then you
don't need to do any work exposing the .NET framework to the user,
because you can always fall back to C# if the DSL doesn't cover the
case you want.


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Neel Krishnaswami
neelk@alum.mit.edu

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