Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 05:53:44 -0400
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From: Manuel Chakravarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To me, one of the most regrettable characteristics of
> the Algolic family of languages is the tendency of the
> compiler to turn into a giant black box of facilities
> open only to an elite minority of compiler hackers, which
> then begins inexorably sucking the entire programming
> support environment down its event horizon.
>
> I would much prefer that the concept of "compiler" in this
> sense did not exist, and that instead one had a nicely
> factored translation toolset wide open to the application
> programmer. Lisp and Forth begin to approach this ideal.
Would you mind divulging the identity of your hilarious correspondent?
David
