On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Casey Ransberger <casey.obrie...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Another approach I think is really cool is actually just using mathematical > notation as one representation of what's otherwise basically an s-expr, in > which case I think one is having some cake and eating it too. I've been > playing with Mathematica a bit, which seems to do some of that. Kind of like > flipping between the piano roll and the notation view in a music program. I > also think their big algorithm library is a really lovely idea... If it > doesn't necessarily separate meaning from optimization, it at least seems > like it could help separate math from glue and plumbing which would just be > a godsend in my work, where it often feels like I have to > read-between-the-lines to find an algorithm in a piece of code I'm looking > at. > You would like Fortress: http://labs.oracle.com/projects/plrg/faq/NAS-CG.pdf Here is an example of runnable Fortress code: http://labs.oracle.com/projects/plrg/faq/NAS-CG.pdf (There is also an ASCII-only syntax for us luddites.) --scott -- ( http://cscott.net )
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