> Tony Rich : The trick is not to let the language get bloated, and to
> keep some sort of simplicity and consistency to the syntax and
> "spirit" of the language.
>
> BStelloh : Yes! I had the good fortune to work for Dr. Maury
> Halstead, the inventor of the
> first self-compiling compiler, NELIAC, back in the '60s. We had heated
> lengthy debates on this topic, on how best to add functionality and
> keep within the spirit of the language.
Alain : I like where this conversation is going !
> BStelloh : Rule 1: keep the syntactical groundrules few, simple and
> widely applicaple;
Alain : Definitely.
> BStelloh : Rule 2: any construction meeting the groundrules *must*
> produce valid
> executable code.
Alain : Sounds right to me.
> BStelloh : Those are good rules for any language.
Alain : Are there other rules that we could add to these two ? Our
collaboration infrastructure, due in about a week or so, will include a
web interface for specifying, discussing and voting on new rules.
