On 9/13/06, Stefan Bodewig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, 12 Sep 2006, Matt Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> dare I say it, could be fun if we could find ways to
> make a DSL that is Ant-focused.  ;)

Ant is a DSL, isn't it?

The easiest thing would be a re-implementation of Ant in Common Lisp,
we'd get real macros and a time-tested "scripting" language for free.
and we could get rid of XML:

+1 ;)

s-expressions are basically a 'better' xml, but implementing Ant in
Common Lisp would be:

a - cool
b - completely barmy (I doubt many Java developers would touch it)
c - a good learning experience


(project :name "Ant" :default "echo"
  (target :name "echo"
    (echo :message "Hello World")))

Tasks would be functions or macros.


Anyone interested in a CLISP version of Ant?  I've been thinking about
it since I read that defmacro.org article

Kev

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