Re: Techniques for writing an interpreter

fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) writes:
> Yes. One reason is that Y-A-E-L is likely to be a much worse language
> than Python or TCL. Often extension languages have needlessly cryptic
> syntax (e.g. procmail), and/or are missing lots of crucial features
> (e.g. the elm filter language).


I can't speak for python, but its hard for me to imagine an extension
language, or any language worse than tcl, short of the original 1-2-3
macro language.


That said, good ext. languages have been done before, and are widely
available. There is no reason to reinvent the wheel here.


Pete
[Never tried Trac, I see. -John]




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