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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: new language, arch, furth, etc.
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Andreas Rottmann |
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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: new language, arch, furth, etc. |
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Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:20:15 +0200 |
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Phil Frost <address@hidden> writes:
> Every time someone suggests designing a new language, somewhere a fairy
> dies. I think it's a law of nature that no matter how simple the needs
> may seem now, in the end all languages evolve to be turing complete.
> Since nobody likes writing in brain****, this means they also get pretty
> complex.
>
> Which begs the question, why not consider using an existing language
> now? I suggest Python because it's easilly embedded and clean. Someone
> might suggest lua, but I don't like it for its syntax.
>
Well, Tom has already stated that Python and Lua don't cut it for
various reasons. He has settled on Furth/Pika; and "why not existing
language XY" has been discussed to death already IMHO.
> In any case, if a decent language isn't picked *now*, I fear tla
> will "evolve" to have configuration files with a syntax like
> Exim. An nobody wants that.
>
Scheme *is* a pretty decent language IMO.
Andy
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- [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Tom Lord, 2004/07/19
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Phil Frost, 2004/07/20
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: new language, arch, furth, etc.,
Andreas Rottmann <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Aaron Bentley, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Tom Lord, 2004/07/20
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: new language, arch, furth, etc., Tom Lord, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Colin Walters, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Charles Duffy, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Colin Walters, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Charles Duffy, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Colin Walters, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., Talli Somekh, 2004/07/20
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] new language, arch, furth, etc., James Blackwell, 2004/07/20