On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 5:12 AM, Nikhil Marathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes I understand that Perl is much much worse, but I don't think a new > language should even attempt to come close to it > when expressiveness has been attained with minimal syntax and no extraneous > default language constructs ( Lisp, Python )
Actually Factor has the most minimal syntax of all: you have whitespace separated tokens, which are either numbers, or words. Words marked as parsing words are invoked at parse time and can reflectively invoke the parser. Most parsing words either define literal syntax for data types, or create definitions for new words. That's pretty much all there is to it. Slava ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
