Re: Editing/storing syntax trees

Stefan Monnier <stefan.monnier@epfl.ch> writes:
> In systems such as unix, most tools are designed to work with text,
> so it's a pain to deal with anything else than text. But if every
> tool would be designed to deal with objects, ...


Then you would have Objix? (And objixions, etc.)


Seriously, every time I work with "objects" I begin by (or end up
having to) write code to read/write a text format for debugging (at
least). How many times have the advantages of plain text been re-
discovered? One recent example: mark-up language standards.


~ John
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