On Dec 6, 2007 1:14 AM, Waldemar Kornewald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why are you building two unpopular languages on top of each other? Why > not just pick Lisp syntax for the foundation and then build a popular > syntax on top of that?
Why are you so concerned about popularity? If this concept can achieve the productivity gains we all hope then only a small percentage of todays programmers will be needed. > I guess you chose eToys because it's less cryptic/problematic than > Smalltalk? What does this sentence mean? In what way is Smalltalk problematic? And if you find a language that reads like English cryptic then I don't know what an ideal language would look like for you. Seriously, I can't imagine young children having fun > learning the difference between: > a < b whileTrue: [...] Well, this one's wrong and I think will even produce an error. > [a < b] whileTrue: [...] Give children more credit. They often have an easier time figuring things out then "educated" adults. :) _______________________________________________ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
