Re: Languages: The Bigger the Uglier (was: Re: Aliasing in ISO C)

>To add the comp.compilers angle, has anyone seen a language
>implementation that would allow people to buy and use features a la
>carte? Many other products seem to be developing "plug-ins". Why not
>compilers? If people actually knew how much they were paying for each
>feature (in $$, compilation time, code bloat, and bugs), they might be
>more reluctant to ask for everything.


Actually, there is at least one language I know of that implements
plug-ins (after a fashion), and that is everybody's "favorite",
Forth. With its notions required word sets and optional word sets, it
achieved something very like the modern craze for "plug-ins".


<<Now retreating before the outraged citizens.>>


Timothy Knox
Parallel Staffing Group
K2Consult@aol.com
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