Re: DSL in RTL (Right to Left) languages.

2015-01-14 Thread Sam Raker
I think there's something to be said for non-English programming languages, primarily for the reasons the OP suggested--toy/beginner languages to get more people coding. Languages are judged for readability and similar metrics, with (standard) English as the yardstick. Code in English because

Re: DSL in RTL (Right to Left) languages.

2015-01-14 Thread Jesse Alama
On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 2:42:57 PM UTC+1, clojur...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Jan, Good idea! It is just a hobby project for now... I am thinking of a language for kids (8+) . Would be interesting to see how kids react to programming in a more familiar language. Some similar

Re: DSL in RTL (Right to Left) languages.

2015-01-14 Thread Dennis Haupt
i encountered a german progamming language once. it was terrible. everybody should stick to english when it comes ot programming - you have to do it anyway, and there is no reason not to go ahead and learn a language since that is what brains are built for 2015-01-14 17:11 GMT+01:00 Jesse Alama

Re: DSL in RTL (Right to Left) languages.

2015-01-14 Thread clojure . user
Thanks Jan, Good idea! It is just a hobby project for now... I am thinking of a language for kids (8+) . Would be interesting to see how kids react to programming in a more familiar language. Thanks On Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 1:09:28 PM UTC+5:30, Jan-Paul Bultmann wrote: I would

DSL in RTL (Right to Left) languages.

2015-01-13 Thread clojure . user
Hi I need to write a dsl in Arabic which is a RTL. I am not sure how to get started with such a dsl in clojure. Any pointers with be really appreciated. Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Clojure group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: DSL in RTL (Right to Left) languages.

2015-01-13 Thread Jan-Paul Bultmann
I would wrap everything in a tree walking macro that first reverses all lists and then starts evaluating other macros. I'd love to see an Arabic clojure file btw :D But non English source always makes me shudder a bit, one of the great things about programming is that everybody speaks English