Re: Let's not be C-specific even if we use C (was Re: Meta-design)

[Simon Cozens]

On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 10:42:31PM -0500, Bradley M. Kuhn wrote:
> Since we are starting from scratch, why not make these things possible if it
> isn't too hard?  And, I don't think it is, if we are simply mindful to "not
> be C specific" as we design.

I think everyone's agreed this, many times over. 

Look, Nat said:
> That's a worthy goal.  We should keep it in mind.  And if we design
> the data structures in this fashion, then the programming language
> choice is somewhat minimised.

Nick Clarke said:
> > The fewer C-isms in the high-level spec, the easier such a task
> > will be.
> I agree

And for what it's worth, I agree.

So you've made your point, and people have agreed with it. You're just
drumming it into the ground now, which appears - to me at least - dreadfully
boring. 

If you could just talk a little more about Perl and a little less about Java,
that would be nice. :)

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